AAAA is a domain address record, which is in essence the IPv6 address of the web server in which the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the present IPv4 system in which every single Internet protocol address is made up of 4 groups of decimal digits which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In contrast, an IPv6 address has 8 groups of four hexadecimal digits - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason for this modification is the tremendously smaller amount of unique IPs which the existing system supports and the rapid increase of products which are connected to the Internet. An illustration of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you wish to direct a domain address to a machine which uses such an address, you have to set up an AAAA record for it, and not the commonly used A record, that is an IPv4 address. The 2 records provide the exact same function, but different notations are used, in order to separate the two sorts of addresses.

AAAA Records in Cloud Web Hosting

If you are using a service through a third-party provider and you need to create an AAAA record to point a domain name or a subdomain to their system, you'll be able to do that with a couple of mouse clicks via the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with all our cloud web hosting packages. After you log in, you have to visit the DNS Records section where you will find all of the records for every domain address or subdomain hosted in the account. Creating a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, selecting the type from a drop-down options menu, which will be AAAA in this case, and then typing the value, or the actual IPv6 address, in a text box. As an added option you could edit the TTL value (Time To Live), that outlines how long the record is going to be functioning after you edit it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record will be operating in just an hour and will propagate worldwide two or three hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start pointing to the new hosting server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain address or a subdomain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company involves a few simple steps, which you will be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel as well. You will need to pick the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu in which you will find all your domains and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as simple as choosing the one that you need and entering the IPv6 address for it. This is achieved with no more than several clicks, so you can easily forward any hostname to a different service provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they supply. It will take seconds for the new record to be functioning and just around an hour for it to propagate around the globe, so you'll be done in no time. The other service provider may also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, which is different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature shows how long it will take for any new value you set for your record to take effect as the old value is still active.