An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address within the freshly released IPv6 format and it is comprised of 8 different sets of hexadecimal digits, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which include 4 sets of digits in between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the sheer number of IPs which can be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each domain name has its website hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, that record tells the domain address where the Internet site for it is. Depending on the system that the provider employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record permits you to host your website with one provider and your emails with another, so if you decide to use such a redirection to point a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will need to create an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Shared Hosting
If you are using a service with a third-party company and you need to create an AAAA record to direct a domain or a subdomain to their system, you're going to be able to do that with just a few clicks in the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with all of our shared hosting packages. Once you sign in, you will need to visit the DNS Records section where you will find all of the records for every domain name or subdomain hosted within the account. Creating a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, picking the type from a drop-down options menu, that is to be AAAA in this case, and then inserting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, within a text box. As an added option you could modify the TTL value (Time To Live), that specifies how long the record is live after you modify it or erase it in the future. The new AAAA record will be working in just an hour and will propagate globally a few hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start directing to the new hosting server.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
When you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you have to set up an AAAA record for a domain you have hosted in it or a subdomain you've set up, it'll take you just a few mouse clicks in the Hepsia CP to accomplish this. Even when you have never had a website hosting account before, you'll not encounter any troubles since you will use a very simple and intuitive interface. All the DNS records for your domain names are going to be listed in a section of the CP with the exact same name, so once you go there, you'll see all records which have been set up automatically or manually and you're going to be able to create a new one by simply clicking the corresponding button. A small pop-up shall appear, so with only a couple of mouse clicks you can pick the type of record that you need and for which domain name or subdomain it'll be set up. Afterwards, simply paste the IPv6 address within a text box, save the modification and one hour later the new AAAA record will be fully live. As an optional setting, you can pick how long this record shall be operating after you modify it or delete it in the future. That is the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can change from the standard 3600 seconds when the other provider demands it.