An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address in the recently presented IPv6 format and it consists of eight groups of hexadecimal digits, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which feature 4 groups of digits in between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the total number of IPs which can be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain name has its website hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, this record informs the domain where the Internet site for it can be found. Depending on the system which the provider uses, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your website with one provider and your emails with a different one, so if you choose to use this type of redirection to point a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will have to create an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting
The highly developed Hepsia website hosting CP, bundled with our cloud hosting, will allow you to set up a new AAAA record without difficulty. When you're within the account and you navigate to the DNS Records section, you'll discover all records that you have for any hosted domain or a subdomain under it. All it takes to set up the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to choose the domain/subdomain in question, choose AAAA then only input or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We've got a step-by-step guide if you've never created records for your domains, but it is less likely that you will need it as Hepsia is much simpler to employ than compared with other Control Panels available. Within an hour your new record will be active and your domain will start resolving to the servers of the other service provider. There's also an option to edit the TTL value, which shows how long this record will be functioning if you edit it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value which the other provider may require.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
As our advanced cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you will be able to create one with ease for every domain or subdomain that you host within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record is going to propagate within the hour, so you can start using the services of any other service provider you forward the domain/subdomain to right away. You are able to create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia website hosting CP in which you will also find all the other records that were created automatically or you have created manually in the past. The set up of the new AAAA record is as easy as picking the needed domain name or subdomain and the AAAA type from simple drop-down menus, typing the IPv6 address inside a text box and saving the modification. You will be able to edit the record anytime if required. In case the other company demands a certain TTL value for the new record, you will be able to edit this setting as well. The Time To Live option defines how long an existing record will keep functioning after you edit it or erase it and the time is in seconds.