An AAAA record is an IP address in the freshly launched IPv6 format and it is comprised of 8 sets of hexadecimal digits, unlike the IPv4 IPs, which include 4 groups of digits in between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the total number of IPs that can be created is many times bigger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain name has its website hosting server IP as a record and in essence, this unique record informs the domain name where the site for it can be found. Depending on the system that the company employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your site with one company and your emails with a different one, so if you choose to use this type of redirection to point a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will have to set up an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting
If you'd like to create a new AAAA record for any domain address or subdomain hosted inside your cloud hosting account, it will not take you more than a few simple steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is quite intuitive to use and is going to allow you to set up or edit any record easily. After you log in and navigate to the DNS Records section, in which you'll discover all current records for your domains and subdomains, you'll just have to click on the "New" button, select AAAA from a small drop-down options menu within the pop-up which will show up, input or paste the required IPv6 address and save the change - it's as basic as that. The new record will be fully live within no more than 1 hour and the hostname that you have created it for is going to start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. If required, you are also going to be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which shows the time in seconds that the new record will be live after you eventually edit it to something different or you simply erase it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain name or a subdomain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company involves only a few really easy steps, that you will be able to find in the Help section of your Hepsia web hosting CP as well. You'll need to pick the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu where you will find your domain addresses and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as basic as choosing the one that you need and typing in the IPv6 address for it. This is achieved with no more than several mouse clicks, so you can effortlessly 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 seconds for the new record to be functioning and only around an hour for it to propagate globally, 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 is different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature outlines 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.