An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address within the freshly presented IPv6 format and it consists of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which feature four groups of digits in between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the sheer number of IPs that may be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every single domain name has its hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, this record instructs the domain where the site for it is located. Depending on the system the provider employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your Internet site with one provider and your e-mails with a different one, so if you decide to use this sort of redirection to point a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to create an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Shared Hosting
If you want to use a domain or a subdomain which you have in a shared hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you need to create an AAAA record for that, it will not take you more than only a few clicks to do this through our highly effective, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia CP. Once you go to the DNS Records section and click 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 simply have to pick the needed domain name or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down menus and input the IPv6 address, which is the actual record. If you happen to have no experience with such matters, you will not have any problems as Hepsia is extremely intuitive and the new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, so you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other company. Provided they require it, you're also going to be able to modify the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it is going to stay active in the global DNS system after you edit it or delete it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
In case you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need to create an AAAA record for a domain name you have hosted in it or a subdomain you have set up, it is going to take you just a few mouse clicks inside the Hepsia CP to accomplish this. In case you have never had a hosting account before, you will not experience any difficulties since you will use a very simple and intuitive interface. All of the DNS records for your domains are going to be listed in a section of the Control Panel with the exact same name, so as soon as you go there, you will notice all records that have been set up automatically or manually and you'll be able to create a new one by simply clicking on the corresponding button. A small pop-up will appear, so with only a few clicks you can choose the type of record that you need and for which domain or subdomain it's going to be set up. Then, just paste the IPv6 address within a text box, save the change and an hour later the new AAAA record will be completely live. As an optional setting, you can pick how long this record will be operating after you edit it or remove it in the future. That is the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can change from the standard 3600 seconds in case the other provider demands it.