An AAAA record is an IP address in the recently introduced IPv6 format and it is comprised of 8 sets of hexadecimal digits, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which feature 4 sets of digits between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the sheer number of IPs that may be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each domain name has its web hosting server Internet protocol as a record and in essence, that record instructs the domain address where the Internet site for it can be found. Depending on the system the provider employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your Internet site with one company and your email messages with another, so if you choose to use such a redirection to point a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will need to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Hosting

If you'd like to create a new AAAA record a domain address or subdomain hosted in your hosting account, it is not going to take you more than several easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is rather intuitive to use and it will enable you to create or edit every single record without difficulty. Once you log in and navigate to the DNS Records section, in which you'll discover all current records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you'll only have to click the "New" button, pick out AAAA from a small drop-down menu inside the pop-up which will appear, input or paste the necessary IPv6 address and save the modification - it's as easy as that. The new record shall be 100% live within only 1 hour and the hostname you have created it for is going to start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. When required, you'll also be able to modify the TTL (Time To Live) value, which shows the time in seconds the new record will be functioning after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply delete it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

As our cutting-edge cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you're going to be able to create one with ease for every domain name or subdomain which you host inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record is going to propagate within the hour, so that you could start using the services of any other company you forward the domain/subdomain to in no time. You can create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel in which you will also find all of the other records that were set up automatically or you have set up manually in the past. The creation of the new AAAA record is as simple as picking the needed domain or subdomain and the AAAA type from simple drop-down menus, typing the IPv6 address within a text box and saving the modification. You will be able to edit the record anytime if required. In case the other provider needs a particular TTL value for the new record, you will be able to edit this setting also. The Time To Live option defines how long an existing record will continue working after you change it or delete it and the time is in seconds.