AAAA is a domain name record, which is basically the IPv6 address of the server in which the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the current IPv4 system in which each IP address is made up of 4 sets of decimal digits which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In comparison, an IPv6 address includes eight sets of four hexadecimal digits - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The cause of this change is the considerably smaller number of unique IPs which the present system supports and also the rapid increase of products that are connected to the Internet. A good example of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you wish to direct a domain address to a machine which uses this type of an address, you will need to create an AAAA record for it, and not the widespread A record, that is an IPv4 address. The two records deliver the same exact function, but different notations are used, in order to identify the two types of addresses.

AAAA Records in Cloud 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 name or a subdomain to their system, you will be able to do that with only a few mouse clicks via the Hepsia Control Panel, supplied with all of our cloud web hosting solutions. Once you sign in, you need to go to the DNS Records section where you will find all of the records for every domain name or subdomain hosted within the account. Setting up a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, selecting the type from a drop-down menu, that will be AAAA in this case, and then entering the value, or the actual IPv6 address, within a text box. As an extra option you can edit the TTL value (Time To Live), which defines how long the record will be functioning after you edit it or erase it in the future. The new AAAA record will be active in no more than an hour and will propagate worldwide an hour or two later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start forwarding to the new hosting server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain or a subdomain hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company involves a few very easy steps, which you'll be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel as well. You will have to choose the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu in which you will find all of your domain addresses and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as easy as choosing the one that you need and entering the IPv6 address for it. This is done with no more than several clicks, so you can easily point any hostname to a different company by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they offer. It's going to take seconds for the new record to be working and only around an hour for it to propagate globally, so you will be done in no time. The other provider can also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, which is different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature shows how long it will take for any new value which you set for your record to take effect as the old value is still active.