An AAAA record is an IP address in the freshly introduced IPv6 format and it is made up of 8 different sets of hexadecimal numbers, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, that include 4 sets of digits between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the sheer number of IPs that can be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain has its website hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this record instructs the domain where the website for it is. Depending on the system which the service provider uses, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your website with one company and your e-mails with another, so if you choose to use such a redirection to forward a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll have to set up an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting
If you are using a service with a third-party company and you've got to create an AAAA record to forward a domain name or a subdomain to their system, you're going to be able to do that with only a couple of clicks within the Hepsia CP, provided with all of our cloud hosting packages. As soon as you log in, you will need to navigate to the DNS Records section where you are going to find all of the records for every domain or subdomain hosted within the account. Creating a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, selecting the type from a drop-down menu, that 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 can change the TTL value (Time To Live), which outlines how long the record is active after you modify it or erase it in the future. The new AAAA record will be active in just an hour and will propagate around the world a few hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start forwarding to the new server.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Creating a new AAAA record for a domain address 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 in the Help section of your Hepsia hosting CP as well. You'll need to pick the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu in which you will find all your domains and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as easy as choosing the one that you need and inputting the IPv6 address for it. This is achieved with no more than a few mouse clicks, so you can quickly direct any hostname to a different company by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they provide. It will take just a few seconds for the new record to be live and just around an hour for it to propagate globally, so you will be done in no time. The other service provider could 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 that you set for your record to take effect as the old value is still active.