An AAAA record is an IP address in the recently presented IPv6 format and it is comprised of eight sets of hexadecimal numbers, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, that include four groups of numbers in between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the amount of IPs that can be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every single domain name has its hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this record instructs the domain name where the Internet site for it can be found. Depending on the system which the provider employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your Internet site with one company and your emails with a different one, so if you decide to use this type of redirection to forward a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will need to create an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting
If you'd like to use a domain or a subdomain you have inside a shared website hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you need to create an AAAA record for that, it will not take you more than only a few clicks to do this via our powerful, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia CP. Once you visit the DNS Records section and click the Create a New Record button, a little pop-up will show up. This is the spot where you can set up any DNS record, so you only have to pick the needed domain name or subdomain and the type of record through drop-down navigation and enter the IPv6 address, which is the actual record. If you happen to have no experience with such matters, you will not have any difficulties as Hepsia is incredibly intuitive and your new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, so that you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other company. In case they require it, you'll also be able to change the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, outlining how long it will remain active in the global DNS system after you edit it or delete it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Creating a new AAAA record is quite easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting CP, so if you host a domain address within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you want such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you have set up under it, you're going to be able to create it within a few rather simple steps and with no hassle. Hepsia features a section devoted to the DNS records of your domain addresses in which you can find all existing records or create new ones with several mouse clicks. All it takes to do this is to select the domain/subdomain you want to change, select AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and input the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address which the other company has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the new record will propagate worldwide and your domain will start pointing to the third-party hosting server. If they require it, you could also edit the TTL value, which indicates the time this record will be operating with its existing value before a new one takes over if you make any adjustments in the future.