AAAA is a domain address record, that's basically the IPv6 address of the web server where the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the present IPv4 system where every IP comprises of four sets of decimal numbers which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. On the other hand, an IPv6 address features 8 groups of four hexadecimal digits - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The cause of this modification is the considerably smaller amount of unique IPs that the present system supports and the speedy increase of units which are connected to the Internet. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you need to direct a domain to a web server that uses this kind of an address, you have to set up an AAAA record for it, not the widely used A record, which is an IPv4 address. The two records deliver the same exact function, but different notations are used, so as to identify the two sorts of addresses.

AAAA Records in Shared Web Hosting

If you'd like to use a domain or a subdomain that you have within a shared web hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you have to set up an AAAA record for that, it is not going to take you more than a few mouse clicks to do this through our amazing, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. Once you visit the DNS Records section and then click the Create a New Record button, a small pop-up will appear. This is the spot where you could set up any DNS record, so you simply have to choose the needed domain address or subdomain and the type of record through drop-down menus and input the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. Just in case you have no experience with such matters, you won't have any issues as Hepsia is quite user-friendly and your new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, so you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other service provider. Provided they demand it, you will also be able to edit the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, outlining how long it is going to stay active in the global DNS system after you modify it or erase it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

As our leading-edge cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you'll be able to create one with ease for every domain or subdomain which you host in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, so that you can start using the services of any other service provider you point the domain/subdomain to right away. You can create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel in which you will also find all other records that were set up automatically or you have created manually previously. The creation of the new AAAA record is as easy as picking out the needed domain name or subdomain and the AAAA type from simple drop-down menus, entering the IPv6 address within a text box and saving the modification. You will be able to edit the record at any time if needed. Assuming the other service provider needs a specific TTL value for the new record, you'll be able to modify this setting as well. The Time To Live option determines how long an existing record will keep operating after you change it or erase it and the time is in seconds.