AAAA is a domain record, that's essentially the IPv6 address of the web server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was introduced to replace the current IPv4 system where each and every Internet protocol address comprises of 4 sets of decimal digits which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In comparison, an IPv6 address features 8 groups of four hexadecimal numbers - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The cause of this change is the tremendously smaller range of unique IPs that the current system supports as well as the fast increase of gadgets which are connected to the Internet. An example of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you need to direct a domain name to a machine which uses this sort of an address, you'll have to set up an AAAA record for it, not the commonly used A record, that is an IPv4 address. The two records provide the exact same function, yet different notations are used, to identify the two sorts of addresses.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

If you use a service through a third-party provider and you have to create an AAAA record to point a domain name or a subdomain to their system, you're going to be able to do that with just a couple of mouse clicks within the Hepsia Control Panel, supplied with our shared hosting packages. When you sign in, you need to navigate to the DNS Records section in which you are going to find all of the records for any domain name or subdomain hosted within the account. Setting up a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, picking out the type from a drop-down menu, which 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 could edit the TTL value (Time To Live), which specifies how long the record is live after you modify it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record will be functioning in just 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 web server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain address or a subdomain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company involves only a few very easy steps, which you'll be able to find within the Help section of your Hepsia website hosting CP as well. You will need to choose the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu in which you will find all your domain addresses and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as simple as choosing the one that you need and entering the IPv6 address for it. This is achieved with no more than a few clicks, so you can easily forward any hostname to a different provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they provide. It takes seconds for the new record to be functioning and just around an hour for it to propagate globally, so you'll be done in no time. The other service provider could also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, which is different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature determines how long it will take for any new value you set for your record to take effect as the old value is still active.