An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address in the recently presented IPv6 format and it is comprised of 8 different sets of hexadecimal digits, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, that include 4 groups of numbers 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 number of IPs that can be created is many times greater than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain has its website hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this unique record informs the domain where the site for it is located. Depending on the system which the provider uses, the record will 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 kind of redirection to point a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to create an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting
If you want to use a domain or a subdomain which you have within a cloud hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you have to create an AAAA record for that, it won't take you more than only a few mouse clicks to do that by using our highly effective, though easy-to-use Hepsia CP. Once you go to the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a little pop-up will show up. This is the place in which you can create any DNS record, so you only have to select the needed domain address or subdomain and the type of record from drop-down options menu and enter the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. In case you have no experience with such matters, you will not have any issues as Hepsia is very intuitive and your new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, so that you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other company. Provided they demand it, you're also going to be able to edit the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, outlining how long it'll remain active in the global DNS system after you change it or erase it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain or a subdomain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company involves only a few really easy steps, that you will be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia web hosting CP as well. You will need to choose the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu in which you will find all of your domain addresses and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as basic as choosing the one that you need and entering the IPv6 address for it. This is achieved with no more than a couple of mouse clicks, so you can easily forward any hostname to a different provider 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 only around an hour for it to propagate worldwide, so you'll be done in no time. The other company could also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, which is different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature reveals how long it will take for any new value you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.