An AAAA record is an IP within the recently introduced IPv6 format and it is made up of eight different sets of hexadecimal digits, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which feature four groups of numbers between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the sheer number of IPs that can be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain has its web hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, that record informs the domain where the site for it is. Depending on the system which the service provider uses, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record permits you to host your site with one provider and your emails with a different one, so if you decide to use this kind of redirection to forward a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will need to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Cloud Web Hosting

The state-of-the-art Hepsia website hosting CP, bundled with our cloud web hosting, will allow you to create a new AAAA record with ease. When you're in the account and you navigate to the DNS Records section, you'll find all records you have for every hosted domain or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to pick the domain/subdomain in question, choose AAAA then simply type or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We have a step-by-step guide in case you have never created records for your domain names, but it is extremely unlikely that you will need it as Hepsia is much easier to make use of in comparison with other Control Panels available. Within an hour your new record shall be working and your domain shall start resolving to the servers of the other provider. Additionally, there is an option to edit the TTL value, which determines how long this record will be working if you modify it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value that the other provider may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you've got a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you have to set up an AAAA record for a domain address you have hosted in it or a subdomain you have set up, it is going to take you only a few clicks inside the Hepsia CP to achieve that. Even when you have never had a web hosting account before, you'll not face any troubles since you will use a very simple and user-friendly interface. All the DNS records for your domain names will be listed in a section of the Control Panel with the same name, so as soon as you go there, you will notice all records that have been set up automatically or manually and you are going to be able to set up a new one by simply clicking on the corresponding button. A small pop-up will appear, so with just a couple of mouse clicks you can choose the type of record you need and for which domain or subdomain it will be created. Afterwards, simply paste the IPv6 address in a text box, save the modification and 1 hour later the new AAAA record is going to be 100% active. As an optional setting, you may choose how long this record is going to be operating after you modify it or remove it in the future. That's the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can change from the default 3600 seconds in case the other company requires it.