An AAAA record is an IP address within the freshly released IPv6 format and it consists of eight sets of hexadecimal digits, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which include 4 sets of digits in between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the sheer number of IPs that may be created is many times greater than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each domain has its web hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this record informs the domain name where the website for it is. Depending on the system which the provider employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record enables you to host your site with one company and your emails with a different one, so if you choose to use this type of redirection to forward a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will have to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Web Hosting

If you'd like to use a domain name or a subdomain that you have in a web hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you have to create an AAAA record for that, it is not going to take you more than just a few mouse clicks to do this through our effective, though easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. As soon as you go to the DNS Records section and then click the Create a New Record button, a little pop-up will appear. This is the area where you can create any DNS record, so you just have to pick the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record through drop-down options menu and input the IPv6 address, that is the actual record. In case you have zero experience with such matters, you won't have any problems as Hepsia is incredibly intuitive and the new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, so that you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other service provider. If they demand it, you'll also be able to change the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, defining how long it'll remain active in the global DNS system after you modify it or erase it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Creating a new AAAA record is quite easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need such a record either for it or for a subdomain which you have set up under it, you will be able to create it within a few very simple steps and with no hassle. Hepsia has a section devoted to the DNS records of your domain names in which you can find all current records or create new ones with several mouse clicks. All it takes to do this is to select the domain/subdomain that you would like to modify, pick AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and enter 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 is going to propagate globally and your domain name will start pointing to the third-party web server. If they require it, you may also modify the TTL value, which reveals the time this record shall be active with its existing value before a new one takes over if you make any modifications in the future.