An AAAA record is an IP in the newly presented IPv6 format and it consists of eight sets of hexadecimal digits, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, that include four sets of numbers 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 sheer number of IPs that can be created is many times greater than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each domain name has its hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, that record informs the domain where the website for it is located. Depending on the system which the service provider employs, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record enables you to host your site with one company and your email messages with another, so if you choose to use this kind of redirection to forward a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Cloud Web Hosting

If you want to set up a new AAAA record a domain name or subdomain hosted inside your cloud web hosting account, it is not going to take you more than a couple of simple steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is extremely intuitive to use and it'll permit you to set up or edit every record easily. When you log in and visit the DNS Records section, where you can find all existing records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you will simply have to click the "New" button, pick AAAA from a small drop-down menu in the pop-up that will appear, input or paste the necessary IPv6 address and save the modification - it's as simple as that. The new record is going to be 100% active within only one hour and the hostname which you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. When required, you are also going to be able to modify the TTL (Time To Live) value, which shows the time in seconds which the new record will be functioning after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply delete it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

As our state-of-the-art cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you are going to be able to create one with no trouble for every domain address or subdomain which you host inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record is going to propagate within the hour, so you can start using the services of any other provider you point the domain/subdomain to right away. You are able to create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel where you will also find all the other records that were set up automatically or you have set up manually in the past. The creation of the new AAAA record is as easy as selecting the needed Internet domain or subdomain and the AAAA type from simple drop-down menus, typing the IPv6 address within a text box and saving the change. You're going to be able to modify the record at any time if needed. In case the other provider requires a particular TTL value for the new record, you will be able to edit this setting as well. The Time To Live option defines how long an existing record will keep working after you edit it or remove it and the time is in seconds.