An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address in the newly launched IPv6 format and it is made up of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, that include 4 groups of numbers in between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the amount of IPs which can be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain has its hosting server Internet protocol as a record and in essence, that record informs the domain name where the Internet site for it is located. Depending on the system that the provider employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your site with one company and your emails with a different one, so if you choose to use this kind of redirection to point a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will have to set up an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Shared Web Hosting
If you'd like to use a domain or a subdomain you have inside a shared web hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you have to create an AAAA record for that, it will not take you more than just a few clicks to do this through our amazing, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia CP. After 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 spot where you could create any DNS record, so you simply have to select the needed domain name or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down menus and enter the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. Just in case you have no experience with such matters, you will not have any issues as Hepsia is incredibly intuitive and the new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, so you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other provider. Provided they demand it, you're also going to be able to change the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, defining how long it'll stay active in the global DNS system after you edit it or remove it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Setting up a new AAAA record is extremely easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain address 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 created under it, you're going to be able to create it in a few very simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia includes a section devoted to the DNS records of your domain names where you can find all existing records or set up new ones with a couple of clicks. All it takes to do that is to pick the domain/subdomain you need to edit, pick AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and type the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address which the other service provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the modification, the newly created record will propagate worldwide and your Internet domain will start forwarding to the third-party server. If they demand it, you can even modify the TTL value, which indicates the time this record shall be functioning with its current value before a new one kicks in if you make any changes in the future.