AAAA is a domain address record, which is in essence the IPv6 address of the server where the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the existing IPv4 system in which every IP address is made up of 4 sets of decimal digits between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. On the other hand, an IPv6 address includes 8 groups of four hexadecimal numbers - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The main reason for this modification is the considerably smaller number of unique IPs the present system supports and the speedy increase of products that are connected to the Internet. An example of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you want to direct a domain address to a server that uses this kind of an address, you have to set up an AAAA record for it, not the widespread A record, that is an IPv4 address. The two records provide the same exact function, but different notations are used, so as to distinguish the two sorts of addresses.

AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting

In order to use a domain address or a subdomain which you have inside a shared website hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you ought to create an AAAA record for that, it is not going to take you more than a few clicks to do that via our highly effective, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. When you go to the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a small pop-up will appear. This is the place in which you can set up any DNS record, so you simply have to choose the needed domain name or subdomain and the type of record from drop-down menus and enter the IPv6 address, that is the actual record. Even if you have no experience with such matters, you'll not have any problems as Hepsia is very user-friendly and your new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, so you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other provider. If they require it, you will also be able to modify the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, outlining how long it is going to stay active in the global DNS system after you change it or erase it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Creating a new AAAA record is incredibly easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain name inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need such a record either for it or for a subdomain which you have created under it, you're going to be able to create it within a few rather simple steps and with no hassle. Hepsia features a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain names where you can find all current records or set up new ones with a couple of clicks. All it takes to do this is to select the domain/subdomain that you'd like to change, choose AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and enter the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address the other provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the newly created record will propagate globally and your Internet domain will start pointing to the third-party hosting server. If they require it, you can even edit the TTL value, which shows the time this record will be functioning with its existing value before a new one takes over if you make any modifications in the future.