An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address within the freshly presented IPv6 format and it is comprised of eight sets of hexadecimal numbers, unlike the IPv4 IPs, which feature four sets of digits in between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the number of IPs that can be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every single domain name has its hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this unique record informs the domain address where the Internet site for it can be found. Depending on the system which the provider uses, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your website with one company and your email messages with a different one, so if you decide to use this sort of redirection to forward a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll have to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Shared Web Hosting

The cutting-edge Hepsia hosting Control Panel, included with our shared web hosting, allows you to set up a new AAAA record easily. Once you are in the account and you go to the DNS Records section, you will discover all records that you have for any hosted domain or a subdomain under it. All it takes to set up the AAAA record is to click on the New Record button, to pick the domain/subdomain in question, select AAAA after which just input or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We have a step-by-step guide if you've never created records for your domain addresses, but it is unlikely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much easier to make use of in comparison with other Control Panels available on the market. Within an hour your new record shall be live and your domain name will start resolving to the servers of the other service provider. In addition, there’s an option to modify the TTL value, which determines how long this record will be active if you update it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value which the other provider may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a new AAAA record is very easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain address within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you have set up under it, you'll be able to create it in a few simple steps and with no hassle. Hepsia includes a section devoted to the DNS records of your domains in which you can find all existing records or set up new ones with a couple of clicks. All it takes to do this is to pick the domain/subdomain you want to edit, select AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and input the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address which the other service provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the new record is going to propagate globally and your Internet domain will start pointing to the third-party hosting server. If they require it, you could also edit the TTL value, which indicates the time this record is going to be functioning with its current value before a new one takes over if you make any changes in the future.