AAAA is a domain address record, that is basically the IPv6 address of the server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the current IPv4 system in which every IP is made up of 4 groups of decimal numbers ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. However, an IPv6 address includes 8 sets of four hexadecimal digits - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason for this change is the substantially smaller number of unique IPs which the present system supports as well as the speedy increase of gadgets which are connected to the world wide web. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you wish to forward a domain name to a web server which uses such an address, you'll have to create an AAAA record for it, not the widespread A record, that is an IPv4 address. The two records have the same exact function, but different notations are used, to differentiate the two types of addresses.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

If you use a service with a third-party company and you have to set up an AAAA record to forward a domain or a subdomain to their system, you'll be able to do that with a couple of mouse clicks via the Hepsia Control Panel, supplied with all our shared hosting solutions. Once you log in, you need to navigate to the DNS Records section where you will find all records for any domain address or subdomain hosted in the account. Creating a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, picking out the type from a drop-down options menu, that is to be AAAA in this case, and then inserting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, inside a text box. As an additional option you can change the TTL value (Time To Live), which outlines how long the record is going to be active after you modify it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record will be functioning in just an hour and will propagate worldwide a couple of hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start redirecting to the new web server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

As our sophisticated cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you're going to be able to create one easily for any domain address or subdomain that you host within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, so that you could start using the services of any other company you forward the domain/subdomain to in no time. 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 other records that were created automatically or you have created manually previously. The set up of the new AAAA record is as simple as picking the needed domain or subdomain and the AAAA type from simple drop-down menus, entering the IPv6 address within a text box and saving the modification. You're going to be able to change the record at any time if necessary. If the other service provider demands a particular TTL value for the new record, you'll be able to change this setting too. The Time To Live option determines how long an existing record will keep working after you modify it or remove it and the time is in seconds.