AAAA is a domain name record, that's basically the IPv6 address of the web server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was introduced to replace the current IPv4 system where every single IP consists of 4 groups of decimal digits between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. However, an IPv6 address has eight groups of 4 hexadecimal digits - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason for this transformation is the considerably smaller range of unique IPs that the present system supports and the rapid increase of devices that are connected to the Internet. A good example of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you wish to point a domain name to a server that uses this sort of an address, you will need to set up an AAAA record for it, and not the widespread A record, which is an IPv4 address. The two records deliver the very same function, yet different notations are used, in order to differentiate the two forms of addresses.

AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting

If you use a service through a third-party company and you need to set up an AAAA record to forward a domain or a subdomain to their system, you are going to be able to do that with just a couple of mouse clicks within the Hepsia Control Panel, included with all of our cloud website hosting solutions. Once you log in, you will need to navigate to the DNS Records section where you are going to find all the records for any domain or subdomain hosted inside the account. Setting up a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, choosing the type from a drop-down menu, that is to be AAAA in this case, and then entering the value, or the actual IPv6 address, within a text box. As an added option you can edit the TTL value (Time To Live), which outlines how long the record will be functioning after you change it or remove it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be active in just an hour and will propagate worldwide a couple of hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start redirecting to the new server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain or a subdomain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company involves only a few simple steps, that you will be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia web hosting CP as well. You will have to select the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu where you will find all of your domain addresses and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as basic as picking out the one that you need and typing in the IPv6 address for it. This is done with no more than a couple of clicks, so you can easily forward any hostname to a different service provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they offer. It will take just a few seconds for the new record to be functioning and just about an hour for it to propagate world-wide, so you will be done in no time. The other service provider can also ask you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that's different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature determines how long it will take for any new value you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.