An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address in the recently introduced IPv6 format and it is comprised of eight different sets of hexadecimal numbers, unlike the IPv4 IPs, that include four sets of digits between 1 and 255. A good 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 could be created is many times greater than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain has its hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, this record tells the domain address where the site for it is. Depending on the system which the company employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your Internet site with one company and your emails with a different one, so if you choose to use such a redirection to point a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to create an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Website Hosting
If you use a service through a third-party service provider and you need to create an AAAA record to direct a domain address or a subdomain to their system, you'll be able to do that with a few mouse clicks through the Hepsia Control Panel, provided with all our website hosting plans. As soon as you log in, you need to visit the DNS Records section where you are going to find all records for any domain name or subdomain hosted within the account. Creating a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, picking out the type from a drop-down menu, which will be AAAA in this case, and then entering the value, or the actual IPv6 address, within a text box. As an extra option you are able to change the TTL value (Time To Live), which defines how long the record will be live after you modify it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be live in only an hour and will propagate worldwide a few hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start pointing to the new hosting server.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need to create an AAAA record for a domain address you have hosted in it or a subdomain you have set up, it'll take you only a few clicks within the Hepsia Control Panel to achieve that. Even when you have never had a website hosting account before, you won't experience any issues because you will use a very simple and user-friendly interface. All the DNS records for your domains will be listed in a section of the Control Panel with the same name, so when you go there, you will notice all records which have been created automatically or manually and you'll be able to create a new one by simply clicking the corresponding button. A small pop-up will appear, so with only a couple of clicks you can choose the type of record that you need and for which domain or subdomain it will be created. Then, just paste the IPv6 address within a text box, save the modification and one hour later the new AAAA record will be 100% live. As an optional setting, you can pick the time this record will be working after you modify it or delete it in the future. That is the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can modify from the standard 3600 seconds if the other company demands it.