An AAAA record is an IP address in the freshly presented IPv6 format and it consists of 8 different sets of hexadecimal digits, unlike the IPv4 IPs, that include four groups of numbers in between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the sheer number of IPs that could be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain name has its web hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this record informs the domain address where the website for it is. Depending on the system the provider uses, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your website with one provider 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 will need to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Shared Web Hosting

If you are using a service with a third-party company and you've got to create an AAAA record to direct a domain name or a subdomain to their system, you're going to be able to do that with a few clicks in the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with all our shared web hosting plans. Once you log in, you have to go to the DNS Records section where you will find all records for any domain or subdomain hosted within the account. Setting up a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, choosing 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, in a text box. As an additional option you can change the TTL value (Time To Live), which specifies how long the record will be functioning after you change it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record will be functioning in no more than an hour and will propagate worldwide an hour or two later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start pointing to the new hosting server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Creating a new AAAA record is quite easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain address inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you have set up under it, you will be able to create it in just a few simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia has a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domains in which you can find all current records or create new ones with several clicks. All it takes to accomplish this is to choose the domain/subdomain you need to modify, pick AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and type the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address the other provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the new record will propagate globally and your domain will start pointing to the third-party web server. If they need it, you can also modify the TTL value, which shows the time this record shall be operating with its present value before a new one takes over if you make any changes in the future.