An AAAA record is an IP address within the freshly released IPv6 format and it is made up of eight different groups of hexadecimal digits, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which include 4 sets of numbers in between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the sheer number of IPs that could be created is many times bigger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain name has its website hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, that record tells the domain where the Internet site for it can be found. Depending on the system that the company employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record permits you to host your site with one company and your e-mails with a different one, so if you choose to use this kind of redirection to point a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will have to create an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Cloud Web Hosting
If you are using a service through a third-party service provider and you have to set up an AAAA record to direct a domain name or a subdomain to their system, you are going to be able to do that with a couple of mouse clicks via the Hepsia CP, provided with all of our cloud web hosting plans. Once you log in, you have to navigate to the DNS Records section where you are going to find all records for every domain name or subdomain hosted inside the account. Creating a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, picking out the type from a drop-down menu, which will be AAAA in this case, and then inserting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, inside a text box. As an additional option you could change the TTL value (Time To Live), that specifies how long the record is going to be active after you edit it or remove it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be functioning in only an hour and will propagate around the world two or three hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start pointing to the new server.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain name or a subdomain hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company includes only a few very simple steps, that you will be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia hosting CP as well. You will need to choose the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu where you will find all your domains and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as simple as picking out the one that you need and typing in the IPv6 address for it. This is done with no more than several mouse 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 provide. It's going to take just a few seconds for the new record to be working and only around an hour for it to propagate around the globe, so you will be done in no time. The other company can also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, which is different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature shows how long it will take for any new value you set for your record to take effect as the old value is still active.