An AAAA record is an IP in the recently released IPv6 format and it is made up of 8 different groups of hexadecimal numbers, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which include 4 groups of numbers in between 1 and 255. A good example 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 higher 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 unique record informs the domain address where the site for it is located. Depending on the system the service provider uses, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your site with one provider and your e-mails with a different one, so if you decide to use such a redirection to point a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll have to create an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Cloud Web Hosting
If you are using a service with a third-party company and you've got to create an AAAA record to direct a domain name or a subdomain to their system, you'll be able to do that with just a few mouse clicks through the Hepsia Control Panel, included with our cloud web hosting plans. As soon as you log in, you have to go to the DNS Records section in which you are going to find all of the records for any domain address or subdomain hosted inside the account. Setting up a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, picking out the type from a drop-down menu, that is to be AAAA in this case, and then typing the value, or the actual IPv6 address, within a text box. As an added option you could change the TTL value (Time To Live), that specifies how long the record will be functioning after you modify it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record will be functioning in only an hour and will propagate around the world a couple of 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
Setting up a new AAAA record is incredibly easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain address in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you want such a record either for it or for a subdomain which you have set up under it, you are going to be able to create it in a few simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia includes a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain addresses where you can find all current records or create new ones with a couple of mouse clicks. All it takes to do this is to choose the domain/subdomain that you would like to modify, choose AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and input the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address the other provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the modification, the newly created record will propagate worldwide and your domain address will start pointing to the third-party server. If they need it, you can even edit the TTL value, which reveals the time this record will be working with its existing value before a new one takes over if you make any adjustments in the future.