An AAAA record is an IP address in the newly released IPv6 format and it is made up of 8 groups of hexadecimal numbers, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, that include 4 groups of digits between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the total number of IPs that can be created is many times greater than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every single domain name has its web hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, this unique record instructs the domain where the site for it is. Depending on the system that the provider uses, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your site with one provider and your emails with another, so if you decide to use this kind of redirection to forward a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will need to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Cloud Web Hosting

If you need to create a new AAAA record a domain name or subdomain hosted within your cloud web hosting account, it is not going to take you more than several basic steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is very intuitive to use and it will permit you to create or edit every single record easily. Once you sign in and go to the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all current records for your domain names and subdomains, you'll just have to click the "New" button, pick AAAA from a small drop-down options menu inside the pop-up which will show up, type or paste the necessary IPv6 address and save the modification - it is as simple as that. The new record is going to be fully working within no more than one hour and the hostname that you have created it for will start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. If necessary, you'll also be able to change the TTL (Time To Live) value, which shows the time in seconds that the new record will be active after you eventually change it to something different or you simply delete it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you've got a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you have to create an AAAA record for a domain address you have hosted in it or a subdomain you've set up, it will take you only a few mouse clicks inside the Hepsia CP to achieve that. Even though you may have never had a hosting account before, you'll not face any difficulties since you will use a very simple and easy-to-use interface. All the DNS records for your domain addresses will be listed in a section of the CP with the exact same name, so when you go there, you will see all records which have been set up automatically or manually and you're going to be able to create a new one by simply clicking the corresponding button. A little pop-up will appear, so with a couple of clicks you can select the type of record that you need and for which domain name or subdomain it's going to be created. After that, simply paste the IPv6 address in 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 select how long this record will be functioning after you modify it or delete it in the future. That 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 requires it.