An AAAA record is an IP in the freshly introduced IPv6 format and it consists of 8 different sets of hexadecimal digits, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which feature four groups of numbers between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the amount of IPs which can 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 as a record and in essence, this record informs the domain where the website for it can be found. Depending on the system which the provider uses, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record enables you to host your Internet site with one company and your e-mails with another, so if you choose to use this sort of redirection to forward a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll have to create an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting
If you wish to use a domain or a subdomain you have in a cloud hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you ought to set up an AAAA record for that, it won't take you more than only a few clicks to do this by using our effective, though easy-to-use Hepsia CP. Once you go to the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a small pop-up will appear. This is the place in which you can set up any DNS record, so you just have to pick the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down options menu and enter the IPv6 address, which is the actual record. If you happen to have no experience with such matters, you'll not have any troubles as Hepsia is very intuitive and your new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, so you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other company. If they require it, you'll also be able to modify the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it'll remain active in the global DNS system after you change it or remove it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Setting up a new AAAA record is extremely easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting CP, so if you host a domain inside 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 will be able to create it in just 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 set up new ones with a few clicks. All it takes to do that is to pick the domain/subdomain that you would like to edit, 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 change, the newly created record is going to propagate world-wide and your domain name will start pointing to the third-party hosting server. If they need it, you may also edit the TTL value, which reveals 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.