An AAAA record is an IP address in the newly introduced IPv6 format and it is comprised of 8 sets of hexadecimal digits, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which include four sets of numbers in between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the amount of IPs that could be created is many times greater than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain name has its web hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this record informs the domain name where the Internet site for it is located. Depending on the system the company employs, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your Internet site with one company and your email messages with another, so if you choose to use such a redirection to point a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll have to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

If you would like to create a new AAAA record a domain name or subdomain hosted within your cloud hosting account, it will not take you more than several easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is very intuitive to use and it'll allow you to set up or modify every record with ease. As soon as you sign in and visit the DNS Records section, in which you'll discover all present records for your domains and subdomains, you will just have to click on the "New" button, pick AAAA from a small drop-down options menu within the pop-up that'll show up, enter or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the change - it is as easy as that. The new record will be 100% live within no more than an hour and the hostname that you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If necessary, you'll also be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which signifies the time in seconds that the new record will be working after you eventually edit it to something different or you simply remove it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you've got a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you ought to set up an AAAA record for a domain you have hosted in it or a subdomain you have created, it'll take you only a few mouse clicks in the Hepsia CP to do that. Even when you have never had a hosting account before, you won't experience any problems as you will use a very simple and intuitive interface. All the DNS records for your domain names will be listed in a section of the CP with the exact same name, so when you go there, you will see all records which have been created automatically or manually and you'll be able to set up a new one by simply clicking the corresponding button. A compact pop-up shall appear, so with only a couple of clicks you can choose the type of record you require and for which Internet domain or subdomain it's going to be created. Then, just paste the IPv6 address inside a text box, save the change and one hour later the new AAAA record is going to be 100% live. As an optional setting, you can choose how long this record shall be operating after you modify it or remove it in the future. This is the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can change from the standard 3600 seconds if the other provider needs it.