An AAAA record is an IP within the recently introduced IPv6 format and it is made up of 8 different groups of hexadecimal digits, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, that include four sets of numbers between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the amount of IPs that may be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain name has its website hosting server Internet protocol as a record and in essence, this record tells the domain where the Internet site for it is located. Depending on the system the company employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record enables you to host your website with one provider and your emails with a different one, so if you choose to use this type of redirection to point a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will need to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

The state-of-the-art Hepsia web hosting CP, provided with our cloud hosting, will enable you to create a new AAAA record easily. When you're within the account and you navigate to the DNS Records section, you will discover all records that you have for every hosted domain address or a subdomain under it. All it takes to set up the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to select the domain/subdomain in question, pick AAAA after which only input or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We've got a step-by-step guide in case you have never created records for your domain addresses, but it's less likely that you will need it as Hepsia is much simpler to employ than compared with other Control Panels on the market. Within an hour your new record will be live and your domain name shall start resolving to the servers of the other company. Additionally, there is an option to edit the TTL value, which determines how long this record is going to be functioning if you modify it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value the other service provider may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you have to create an AAAA record for a domain name you have hosted in it or a subdomain you've created, it is going to take you just a few clicks within the Hepsia Control Panel to achieve that. Even if you have never had a website hosting account before, you will not experience any troubles because you will use a very simple and easy-to-use interface. All DNS records for your domain names 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 set up automatically or manually and you will be able to create a new one by simply clicking on the corresponding button. A little pop-up will appear, so with only a couple of clicks you can pick the type of record that you need and for which domain or subdomain it's going to be created. After that, just paste the IPv6 address inside a text box, save the change and one hour later the new AAAA record is going to be completely active. As an optional setting, you can pick how long this record will be active after you change it or delete it in the future. This is the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can modify from the standard 3600 seconds in case the other provider demands it.