An AAAA record is an IP within the freshly introduced IPv6 format and it comprises of 8 groups of hexadecimal numbers, unlike the IPv4 IPs, which include 4 sets of numbers between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the number of IPs that could be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain name has its web hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, this unique record informs the domain name where the site for it is. Depending on the system the provider uses, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record enables you to host your site with one provider and your email messages with another, so if you decide to use such a redirection to forward a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to set up an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting
If you use a service through a third-party company and you need to create an AAAA record to forward a domain address or a subdomain to their system, you'll be able to do that with a couple of mouse clicks through the Hepsia CP, included with all our cloud hosting packages. After you log in, you have to proceed to the DNS Records section where you will find all the records for every domain or subdomain hosted inside the account. Creating a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, picking out the type from a drop-down options menu, which will be AAAA in this case, and then inserting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, inside a text box. As an added option you are able to change the TTL value (Time To Live), that determines how long the record will be live after you modify it or remove it in the future. The new AAAA record will be live in no more than 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 web server.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Setting up a new AAAA record is extremely 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 require such a record either for it or for a subdomain which you have created under it, you are going to be able to create it in a few rather simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia has a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain names where you can find all current records or create new ones with a few mouse clicks. All it takes to accomplish this is to select the domain/subdomain that you would like to modify, pick 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 new record will propagate world-wide and your domain address will start pointing to the third-party web server. If they demand it, you may also edit the TTL value, which reveals the time this record is going to be operating with its current value before a new one takes over if you make any adjustments in the future.