AAAA is a domain name record, which is in essence the IPv6 address of the server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the existing IPv4 system in which every IP address is comprised of 4 groups of decimal digits between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. However, an IPv6 address includes eight sets of four hexadecimal digits - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason behind this modification is the tremendously smaller amount of unique IPs which the existing system supports and also the fast increase of products that are connected to the world wide web. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you need to direct a domain to a server that uses this type of an address, you'll have to create an AAAA record for it, not the widespread A record, that is an IPv4 address. The two records provide the exact same function, but different notations are used, so as to identify the two types of addresses.
AAAA Records in Website Hosting
If you are using a service through a third-party provider and you've got to create an AAAA record to forward a domain or a subdomain to their system, you will be able to do that with a few clicks through the Hepsia Control Panel, provided with all our website hosting solutions. Once you sign in, you will need to navigate to the DNS Records section in which you are going to find all the records for any domain or subdomain hosted inside the account. Setting up a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, picking the type from a drop-down options menu, that will be AAAA in this case, and then inputting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, in a text box. As an added option you are able to change the TTL value (Time To Live), that defines how long the record is going to be live after you change it or remove it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be working in just an hour and will propagate worldwide an hour or two later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start directing to the new web server.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
As our sophisticated cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you'll be able to create one with no trouble for any domain address or subdomain that you host within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record is going to propagate within the hour, so that you could start using the services of any other provider you point the domain/subdomain to in no time. You could create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel in which you will also find all of the other records that were created automatically or you have created manually before. The set up of the new AAAA record is as simple as picking out the needed Internet domain or subdomain and the AAAA type from simple drop-down menus, inputting the IPv6 address in a text box and saving the change. You are going to be able to edit the record anytime if necessary. If the other service provider needs a certain TTL value for the new record, you'll be able to edit this setting as well. The Time To Live option outlines how long an existing record will continue operating after you edit it or remove it and the time is in seconds.