An AAAA record is an IP address within the freshly launched IPv6 format and it comprises of eight different sets of hexadecimal digits, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, that include four sets of digits in between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address would be 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 domain has its web hosting server IP as a record and in essence, this record tells the domain address where the Internet site for it can be found. Depending on the system that the service 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 provider and your emails with another, so if you decide to use this type of redirection to forward a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to create an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Web Hosting
If you are using a service through a third-party provider and you need to set up an AAAA record to direct a domain address or a subdomain to their system, you'll be able to do that with a couple of clicks in the Hepsia CP, included with all our web hosting solutions. As soon as you log in, you need to proceed to the DNS Records section where you are going to find all records for every domain name or subdomain hosted within the account. Setting up a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, picking out the type from a drop-down options menu, that is to be AAAA in this case, and then inserting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, inside a text box. As an extra option you could change the TTL value (Time To Live), which outlines how long the record is going to be live after you modify it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be active in no more than an hour and will propagate globally a couple of hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start forwarding to the new hosting server.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
When you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need to create an AAAA record for a domain address you have hosted in it or a subdomain you've created, it'll take you only a few clicks within the Hepsia Control Panel to accomplish this. In case you have never had a website hosting account before, you'll not experience any troubles since you will use a very simple and user-friendly interface. All of the DNS records for your domain names are going to be listed in a section of the Control Panel with the exact same name, so once you go there, you'll see all records which have been set up automatically or manually and you are going to be able to set up a new one by clicking on the corresponding button. A little pop-up shall appear, so with just several clicks you can select the type of record that you need and for which domain or subdomain it will be created. Afterwards, simply paste the IPv6 address inside a text box, save the modification and an hour later the new AAAA record is going to be 100% live. As an optional setting, you can choose the length of time this record will be operating after you edit it or delete it in the future. This is actually the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can modify from the default 3600 seconds if the other provider demands it.