An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address in the newly presented IPv6 format and it is made up of eight different sets of hexadecimal numbers, unlike the IPv4 IPs, which include four groups of digits in between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the total number of IPs that may be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain has its website hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, this record tells the domain name where the Internet site for it is located. Depending on the system that the service provider uses, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your Internet site with one provider and your email messages with another, so if you decide to use this kind of redirection to forward a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

If you wish to use a domain or a subdomain that you have within a cloud hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you have to set up an AAAA record for that, it won't take you more than just a few clicks to do that by using our amazing, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. As soon as you visit the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a small pop-up will show up. This is the spot where you could create any DNS record, so you just have to pick the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record through drop-down navigation and type in the IPv6 address, which is the actual record. Even if you have zero experience with such matters, you will not have any problems as Hepsia is very user-friendly and the new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using your domain/subdomain with the other company. In case they require it, you're also going to be able to change the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, outlining how long it will stay active in the global DNS system after you modify it or delete it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a new AAAA record is quite easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain address in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you require such a record either for it or for a subdomain which you have set up under it, you're going to be able to create it in just a few very simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia includes a section devoted to the DNS records of your domains in which you can find all current records or set up new ones with a couple of clicks. All it takes to do that is to choose the domain/subdomain you need to change, choose AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and type the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address which the other service provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the modification, the newly created record is going to propagate globally and your domain address will start forwarding to the third-party web server. If they require it, you can also change the TTL value, which shows the time this record is going to be functioning with its existing value before a new one kicks in if you make any adjustments in the future.