AAAA is a domain address record, that's basically the IPv6 address of the server where the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was introduced to replace the current IPv4 system in which each IP address is made up of 4 groups of decimal digits 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 digits - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason for this change is the significantly smaller amount of unique IPs which the present system supports and the rapid increase of products which are connected to the world wide web. An example of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you'd like to direct a domain name to a web server which uses this type of an address, you will have to set up an AAAA record for it, not the commonly used A record, that is an IPv4 address. Both records provide the very same function, but different notations are used, so as to identify the two sorts of addresses.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

If you want to set up a new AAAA record for any domain or subdomain hosted in your cloud hosting account, it won't take you more than a few easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is very intuitive to use and it'll enable you to create or change every single record with ease. Once you log in and visit the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all existing records for your domains and subdomains, you will just have to click the "New" button, choose AAAA from a small drop-down menu within the pop-up that will show up, input or paste the necessary IPv6 address and save the change - it is as easy as that. The new record is going to be 100% live within a maximum of one hour and the hostname that you have created it for is going to start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If needed, you'll also be able to modify the TTL (Time To Live) value, which indicates the time in seconds the new record will be active after you eventually edit it to something different or you simply delete it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

As our cutting-edge cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you are going to be able to create one with ease for any domain address or subdomain which you host inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, so you can start using the services of any other company you forward the domain/subdomain to in no time. You can create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia website hosting CP where you will also find all of the other records that were created automatically or you have created manually in the past. The creation of the new AAAA record is as simple as selecting the needed Internet domain or subdomain and the AAAA type through simple drop-down menus, typing the IPv6 address in a text box and saving the change. You'll be able to modify the record at any time if needed. Assuming the other service provider requires a specific TTL value for the new record, you will be able to modify this setting too. The Time To Live option determines how long an existing record will continue functioning after you modify it or delete it and the time is in seconds.