An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address within the recently launched IPv6 format and it is comprised of 8 sets of hexadecimal digits, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which include 4 groups of numbers 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 number of IPs that could be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each domain name has its website hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, that record tells the domain address where the Internet site for it is located. Depending on the system that the company uses, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your site with one provider and your email messages with a different one, so if you decide to use this kind of redirection to point a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to create an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Shared Hosting
The highly developed Hepsia web hosting CP, which comes with our shared hosting, will enable you to set up a new AAAA record without difficulty. Once you are inside the account and you go to the DNS Records section, you'll discover all records you have for every hosted domain name 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, select AAAA after which simply type 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 extremely unlikely that you will need it as Hepsia is much easier to employ in comparison with other Control Panels available. Within an hour your new record will be live and your domain shall start resolving to the servers of the other company. There's also an option to change the TTL value, which determines how long this record is going to be functioning if you change it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value the other service provider may require.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
When you've got a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need to set up an AAAA record for a domain you have hosted in it or a subdomain you have created, it'll take you just a few mouse clicks within the Hepsia Control Panel to do that. Even when you have never had a website hosting account before, you won't encounter any difficulties since you will use a very simple and user-friendly interface. All the DNS records for your domains will be listed in a section of the CP with the exact same name, so as soon as you go there, you will notice all records that have been set up automatically or manually and you'll be able to set up a new one by simply clicking on the corresponding button. A little pop-up will appear, so with only a couple of mouse clicks you can select the type of record you require and for which domain name or subdomain it's going to be created. Afterwards, just 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 select the length of time this record shall be operating after you edit it or remove it in the future. This is actually the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can change from the default 3600 seconds if the other service provider requires it.