AAAA is a domain name record, which is essentially the IPv6 address of the web server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the current IPv4 system where every single Internet protocol address consists of four sets of decimal numbers between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. However, an IPv6 address features 8 groups of 4 hexadecimal digits - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The main reason for this change is the considerably smaller range of unique IPs that the existing system supports and the rapid increase of products that are connected to the world wide web. A good example of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you wish to point a domain to a server that uses this sort of an address, you have to set up an AAAA record for it, not the commonly used A record, which is an IPv4 address. The 2 records have the same exact function, yet different notations are used, in order to distinguish the two forms of addresses.
AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting
The highly developed Hepsia website hosting CP, provided with our cloud hosting, will permit you to create a new AAAA record easily. Once you are in the account and you navigate to the DNS Records section, you will find all records you have for every hosted domain or a subdomain under it. All it takes to set up the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to pick the domain/subdomain in question, choose AAAA and then simply type or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We also have a step-by-step guide if you've never created records for your domain names, but it's unlikely that you will need it as Hepsia is much simpler to work with than compared with other Control Panels available on the market. Within an hour your new record will be working and your domain will start resolving to the servers of the other service provider. In addition, there’s an option to change the TTL value, which outlines how long this record will be functioning if you edit it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value the other company may require.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Setting up a new AAAA record is quite easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting CP, so if you host a domain address in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you want such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you've created under it, you are going to be able to create it in just a few quite simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia features a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain names in which you can find all current records or create new ones with several clicks. All it takes to do this is to select the domain/subdomain that you would like to change, select AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and type the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address that the other company has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the newly created record is going to propagate worldwide and your domain address will start directing to the third-party web server. If they require it, you can also modify the TTL value, which reveals the time this record shall be functioning with its existing value before a new one takes over if you make any changes in the future.