AAAA is a domain address record, which is essentially the IPv6 address of the server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was introduced to replace the existing IPv4 system where each Internet protocol address consists of four groups of decimal digits ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. However, an IPv6 address has eight sets of four hexadecimal numbers - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason for this change is the tremendously smaller selection of unique IPs that the current system supports and also the speedy increase of gadgets which are connected to the world wide web. An illustration of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you wish to point a domain name to a machine which uses this type of an address, you'll have to set up an AAAA record for it, and not the widely used A record, that is an IPv4 address. The 2 records provide the very same function, yet different notations are used, so as to separate the two types of addresses.

AAAA Records in Web Hosting

If you wish to use a domain or a subdomain which you have in a web hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you need to set up an AAAA record for that, it will not take you more than a few clicks to do that by using our highly effective, though easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. After you go to the DNS Records section and then click the Create a New Record button, a little pop-up will show up. This is the spot in which you can create any DNS record, so you only have to pick the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down options menu and input the IPv6 address, that is the actual record. Just in case you have zero experience with such matters, you won't have any difficulties as Hepsia is quite intuitive and your new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using your domain/subdomain with the other provider. Provided they demand it, you will also be able to modify the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it'll remain active in the global DNS system after you edit it or delete it.

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 very simple steps, that you will be able to find within the Help section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel as well. You will have to select the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu in which you will find all of your domains and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as simple as picking out the one that you need and entering the IPv6 address for it. This is done with no more than several mouse clicks, so you can very easily direct any hostname to a different provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they provide. It's going to take just a few seconds for the new record to be active and only about an hour for it to propagate globally, so you'll be done in no time. The other service provider can also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, which is different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature determines 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.