An AAAA record is an IP within the newly launched IPv6 format and it is comprised of 8 groups of hexadecimal numbers, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which feature 4 sets of digits 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 number of IPs which can be created is many times greater than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain name has its hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this record tells the domain name where the Internet site for it can be found. Depending on the system that the provider uses, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your site with one provider and your email messages with another, so if you decide to use this kind of redirection to point a domain name 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 wish to use a domain or a subdomain that you have in a cloud web hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you need to set up an AAAA record for that, it is not going to take you more than a few clicks to do that through our powerful, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia CP. Once you navigate to the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a little pop-up will show up. This is the place where you could create any DNS record, so you simply have to select the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record from drop-down navigation and enter the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. Just in case you have zero experience with such matters, you won't have any troubles 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 service provider. In case they demand it, you'll also be able to modify the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it will remain active in the global DNS system after you modify it or erase it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Setting up a new AAAA record is incredibly easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain address within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you require such a record either for it or for a subdomain which you have set up under it, you are going to be able to create it in a few quite simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia has a section devoted to the DNS records of your domains where you can find all current records or create new ones with a few mouse clicks. All it takes to do that is to pick the domain/subdomain you want to modify, choose AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and type the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address which the other provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the modification, the newly created record is going to propagate world-wide and your domain address will start pointing to the third-party web server. If they need it, you can also change the TTL value, which shows the time this record is going to be operating with its existing value before a new one takes over if you make any adjustments in the future.