AAAA is a domain name record, that's in essence the IPv6 address of the server in which the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the present IPv4 system where each and every IP is comprised of 4 sets of decimal numbers which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. On the other hand, an IPv6 address has eight sets of 4 hexadecimal numbers - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The main reason for this modification is the significantly smaller amount of unique IPs that the current system supports and the rapid increase of units which are connected to the Internet. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you'd like to forward a domain address to a web server which uses this type of an address, you will need to create an AAAA record for it, not the commonly used A record, that is an IPv4 address. Both records provide the same exact function, yet different notations are used, to identify the two forms of addresses.

AAAA Records in Shared Web Hosting

If you use a service with a third-party provider and you need to create an AAAA record to direct a domain name or a subdomain to their system, you are going to be able to do that with only a few clicks within the Hepsia Control Panel, included with all our shared web hosting solutions. After you sign in, you will need to go to the DNS Records section where you will find all records for every domain address or subdomain hosted in the account. Setting up a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, picking out the type from a drop-down menu, that will be AAAA in this case, and then typing the value, or the actual IPv6 address, in a text box. As an additional option you can change the TTL value (Time To Live), that defines how long the record is going to be active after you change it or remove it in the future. The new AAAA record will be live in only an hour and will propagate worldwide an hour or two later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start pointing to the new hosting server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain or a subdomain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company features only a couple of very simple steps, which you will be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel as well. You'll have to choose the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu where 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 accomplished with no more than a few clicks, so you can effortlessly point any hostname to a different service provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they offer. It will take seconds for the new record to be functioning and just around an hour for it to propagate around the globe, so you will be done in no time. The other service provider can also require you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, which is different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature determines how long it will take for any new value you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.