AAAA is a domain name record, that is essentially the IPv6 address of the server where the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the existing IPv4 system where each Internet protocol address comprises of 4 groups of decimal numbers between 1 to 255 e.g. In comparison, an IPv6 address has eight groups of 4 hexadecimal digits - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The main reason for this change is the considerably smaller number of unique IPs that the existing system supports as well as the speedy increase of units that are connected to the Internet. An example of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you'd like to point a domain address to a machine that uses this kind of an address, you will have to create an AAAA record for it, not the widespread A record, which is an IPv4 address. The 2 records deliver the same exact function, yet different notations are used, in order to distinguish the two forms of addresses.

AAAA Records in Cloud Web Hosting

If you want to create a new AAAA record for any domain name or subdomain hosted in your cloud web hosting account, it is not going to take you more than a few easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is very intuitive to use and it'll allow you to create or change every record effortlessly. When you log in and visit the DNS Records section, where you can find all current records for your domains and subdomains, you will simply have to click on the "New" button, pick out AAAA from a small drop-down menu inside the pop-up that will appear, type or paste the required IPv6 address and save the modification - it's as simple as that. The new record will be 100% active within a maximum of 1 hour and the hostname which you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If necessary, you are also going to be able to modify the TTL (Time To Live) value, which signifies the time in seconds which the new record will be live after you eventually change it to something different or you simply delete it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Creating a new AAAA record is extremely easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting CP, so if you host a domain inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you require such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you have set up under it, you are going to be able to create it within a few simple steps and with no hassle. Hepsia has a section devoted to the DNS records of your domains in which you can find all existing records or create new ones with a few mouse clicks. All it takes to achieve that is to select the domain/subdomain that you would like to change, select AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and input the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address which the other company has given you. Within an hour after you save the modification, the newly created record will propagate worldwide and your Internet domain will start pointing to the third-party server. If they require it, you can also modify the TTL value, which indicates the time this record will be operating with its present value before a new one kicks in if you make any adjustments in the future.