AAAA is a domain name record, that is in essence the IPv6 address of the web server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was introduced to replace the current IPv4 system in which every IP address consists of four groups of decimal numbers ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. However, an IPv6 address has 8 sets of 4 hexadecimal numbers - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason behind this change is the substantially smaller selection of unique IPs which the existing system supports and also the quick increase of devices that are connected to the Internet. An illustration of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you wish to forward a domain name to a server that uses such an address, you'll have to set up an AAAA record for it, and not the commonly used A record, which is an IPv4 address. The 2 records have the same exact function, yet different notations are used, to separate the two forms of addresses.
AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting
If you'd like to use a domain name or a subdomain that you have within a cloud hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you ought to create an AAAA record for that, it will not take you more than only a few clicks to do this through our effective, though easy-to-use Hepsia CP. After you go to the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a small pop-up will show up. This is the place where you can create any DNS record, so you just have to pick the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down navigation and enter the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. In case you have no experience with such matters, you'll not have any problems as Hepsia is incredibly intuitive and your new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using your domain/subdomain with the other service provider. If they require it, you will also be able to edit the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it will stay active in the global DNS system after you edit it or delete it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain address or a subdomain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company features only a couple of really easy steps, that you will be able to find in the Help section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel as well. You'll have to pick the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu in which you will find your domain names and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as simple as picking out the one that you need and typing in the IPv6 address for it. This is accomplished with no more than a couple of clicks, so you can quickly point any hostname to a different company by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they offer. It's going to take seconds for the new record to be live and just around an hour for it to propagate around the globe, so you will be done in no time. The other service provider could also ask you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, which is different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature determines how long it will take for any new value that you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.