AAAA is a domain address record, that is essentially the IPv6 address of the server where the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was introduced to replace the present IPv4 system in which every IP is comprised of four sets of decimal digits which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. On the other hand, an IPv6 address includes eight groups of four hexadecimal digits - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The main reason for this change is the substantially smaller number of unique IPs which the existing system supports and the quick increase of units that are connected to the world wide web. An illustration of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you'd like to direct a domain address to a web server which uses this type of an address, you will have to create an AAAA record for it, and not the commonly used A record, which is an IPv4 address. The 2 records have the exact same function, but different notations are used, to distinguish the two forms of addresses.
AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting
If you'd like to use a domain name or a subdomain which you have inside a cloud hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you ought to set up an AAAA record for that, it won't take you more than only a few clicks to do this through our powerful, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. Once you navigate to the DNS Records section and click the Create a New Record button, a little pop-up will appear. This is the place where you could set up any DNS record, so you just have to pick the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record through drop-down menus and enter the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. If you happen to have no experience with such matters, you'll not have any difficulties as Hepsia is very user-friendly and the new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using your domain/subdomain with the other service provider. In case they require it, you're also going to be able to edit the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, defining how long it'll stay active in the global DNS system after you change it or erase it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
As our leading-edge cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you're going to be able to create one without difficulty for every domain address or subdomain which you host within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using the services of any other company you direct the domain/subdomain to in no time. You can create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting CP in which you will also find all of the other records that were set up automatically or you have set up manually previously. The set up of the new AAAA record is as basic as choosing the needed domain name or subdomain and the AAAA type from simple drop-down menus, entering the IPv6 address inside a text box and saving the modification. You'll be able to change the record at any time if needed. Assuming the other company needs a specific TTL value for the new record, you will be able to edit this setting too. The Time To Live option defines how long an existing record will continue working after you modify it or delete it and the time is in seconds.