An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address within the newly presented IPv6 format and it consists of eight groups of hexadecimal digits, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, that 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 with this format the number of IPs that may be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain name has its web hosting server IP as a record and in essence, this record tells the domain where the Internet site for it is. Depending on the system that the service provider employs, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record permits you to host your Internet site with one provider and your e-mails with a different one, so if you choose to use this sort of redirection to forward a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will need to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Cloud Web Hosting

If you use a service with a third-party service provider and you need to create an AAAA record to direct a domain address or a subdomain to their system, you will be able to do that with only a few mouse clicks via the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with all of our cloud web hosting packages. When you log in, you have to proceed to the DNS Records section in which you will find all of the records for every domain or subdomain hosted in the account. Setting up a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, picking out the type from a drop-down menu, which will be AAAA in this case, and then inputting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, inside a text box. As an added option you could edit the TTL value (Time To Live), which outlines how long the record is active after you change it or remove it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be working in no more than an hour and will propagate globally two or three hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start forwarding to the new server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain or a subdomain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company involves only a few simple steps, which you will be able to find within the Help section of your Hepsia hosting CP as well. You will need to select the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu where you will find all of your domain addresses and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as basic as selecting the one that you need and inputting the IPv6 address for it. This is done with no more than a couple of clicks, so you can effortlessly point any hostname to a different service provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they supply. It will take just a few seconds for the new record to be live and only around an hour for it to propagate around the globe, so you'll be done in no time. The other service provider may also require you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that is different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature shows how long it will take for any new value you set for your record to take effect as the old value is still active.