An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address in the freshly released IPv6 format and it is made up of 8 groups of hexadecimal numbers, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which feature four sets of numbers in between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the sheer number of IPs that may be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every single domain has its hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, that record instructs the domain name where the site for it is located. Depending on the system which the service provider employs, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your website with one company and your email messages with another, so if you choose to use such a redirection to point a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will need to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

If you use a service with a third-party company and you've got to create an AAAA record to direct a domain address or a subdomain to their system, you will be able to do that with a couple of clicks via the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with all of our shared hosting solutions. Once you sign in, you will need to visit the DNS Records section in which you are going to find all records for every domain name 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 will be AAAA in this case, and then inputting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, in a text box. As an extra option you could change the TTL value (Time To Live), that defines how long the record will be active after you modify it or remove it in the future. The new AAAA record will be functioning in only an hour and will propagate worldwide a couple of hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start pointing to the new hosting server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain address or a subdomain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company includes a few really easy steps, which you will be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel as well. You'll have to select the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu where you will find all your domain addresses and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as easy as selecting the one that you need and typing in the IPv6 address for it. This is accomplished with no more than a few clicks, so you can effortlessly direct any hostname to a different provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they supply. It takes seconds for the new record to be working and just around an hour for it to propagate around the globe, so you'll be done in no time. The other company can also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, which is different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature reveals how long it will take for any new value which you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.