An AAAA record is an IP within the recently introduced IPv6 format and it is made up of eight different sets of hexadecimal digits, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which feature 4 groups of digits between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the number of IPs which can be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every single domain has its website hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, that record instructs the domain where the Internet site for it is located. Depending on the system that the provider uses, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record permits you to host your site with one company 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 create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Hosting

If you'd like to use a domain or a subdomain that you have in a hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you have to create an AAAA record for that, it is not going to take you more than only a few mouse clicks to do this via our effective, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia CP. When you go to the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a compact pop-up will appear. This is the place where you could set up any DNS record, so you only have to select the needed domain address or subdomain and the type of record from drop-down options menu and input the IPv6 address, that is the actual record. In case you have no experience with such matters, you won't have any problems as Hepsia is incredibly user-friendly and the new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, so you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other company. If they require it, you're also going to be able to change the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, defining how long it will stay active in the global DNS system after you modify it or remove it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you have to create an AAAA record for a domain you have hosted in it or a subdomain you have set up, it is going to take you only a few clicks within the Hepsia CP to accomplish this. Even though you may have never had a web hosting account before, you'll not experience any difficulties as you will use a very simple and user-friendly interface. All of the DNS records for your domain addresses are going to be listed in a section of the Control Panel with the exact same name, so as soon as you go there, you'll see all records that have been set up automatically or manually and you're going to be able to set up a new one by clicking on the corresponding button. A compact pop-up shall appear, so with only several mouse clicks you can choose the type of record you need and for which domain or subdomain it's going to be set up. After that, just paste the IPv6 address within a text box, save the change and 1 hour later the new AAAA record is going to be completely live. As an optional setting, you can select the time this record shall be operating after you change it or delete it in the future. This is actually the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can change from the standard 3600 seconds if the other provider requires it.