An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address within the newly introduced IPv6 format and it consists of 8 different groups of hexadecimal digits, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, that include four groups of numbers 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 sheer number of IPs that may be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each domain has its website hosting server IP 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 the service 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 e-mails with another, so if you decide to use such a redirection to forward a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will have to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

If you would like to create a new AAAA record a domain address or subdomain hosted inside your cloud hosting account, it is not going to take you more than several easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is extremely intuitive to use and is going to enable you to create or edit every record easily. As soon as you log in and navigate to the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all present records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you will just have to click the "New" button, choose AAAA from a small drop-down options menu in the pop-up which will appear, enter or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the change - it is as simple as that. The new record is going to be fully working within a maximum of 1 hour and the hostname which you have created it for will start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If necessary, you are also going to be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which shows the time in seconds that the new record will be live after you eventually change it to something different or you simply delete it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

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've set up, it'll take you only a few clicks inside the Hepsia Control Panel to accomplish this. Even though you may have never had a website hosting account before, you'll not encounter any problems as you will use a very simple and intuitive interface. All of the DNS records for your domains will be listed in a section of the CP with the exact same name, so when you go there, you'll see all records which have been created automatically or manually and you are going to be able to create a new one by simply clicking the corresponding button. A compact pop-up shall appear, so with only a few mouse clicks you can select the type of record you require and for which domain name or subdomain it's going to be set up. Then, simply paste the IPv6 address within a text box, save the change and one hour later the new AAAA record is going to be completely live. As an optional setting, you can pick the length of time this record will be operating after you modify it or remove it in the future. That's the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can modify from the standard 3600 seconds when the other service provider demands it.