An AAAA record is an IP address within the freshly introduced IPv6 format and it is made up of 8 groups of hexadecimal digits, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which include four groups of numbers in between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the sheer number of IPs that may be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain name has its web hosting server Internet protocol as a record and in essence, this unique record informs the domain name where the website for it can be found. Depending on the system the service provider employs, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your website with one company and your email messages with another, so if you choose to use this type of redirection to point a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will need to create an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Hosting
If you would like to set up a new AAAA record for any domain name or subdomain hosted inside your hosting account, it won't take you more than a few simple steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is quite intuitive to use and is going to allow you to create or change any record easily. Once you sign in and go to the DNS Records section, in which you'll discover all present records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you'll just have to click on the "New" button, select AAAA from a small drop-down menu within the pop-up that will show up, input or paste the necessary IPv6 address and save the modification - it is as easy as that. The new record will be 100% live within a maximum of one hour and the hostname that you have created it for is going to start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If necessary, you are also going to be able to change the TTL (Time To Live) value, which indicates the time in seconds the new record will be functioning after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply delete it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
When you've got a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you ought to create an AAAA record for a domain you have hosted in it or a subdomain you have created, it is going to take you only a few clicks in the Hepsia CP to do that. Even when you have never had a hosting account before, you will not encounter any difficulties because you will use a very simple and easy-to-use interface. All DNS records for your domains are going to be listed in a section of the CP with the exact same name, so when you go there, you'll see all records that have been set up automatically or manually and you'll be able to create a new one by clicking on the corresponding button. A little pop-up will appear, so with just several mouse clicks you can pick the type of record you require and for which domain or subdomain it's going to be created. Then, just paste the IPv6 address within a text box, save the change and one hour later the new AAAA record is going to be 100% active. As an optional setting, you can select the time this record will be functioning after you edit it or remove it in the future. That is the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can modify from the standard 3600 seconds if the other service provider requires it.