An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address in the recently released IPv6 format and it is comprised of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers, unlike the IPv4 IPs, that include four sets of digits in between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the amount of IPs which can be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain name has its web hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this record informs the domain name where the website for it is located. Depending on the system which the provider employs, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your website with one company and your emails with another, so if you choose to use such a redirection to forward a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will have to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting

If you would like to create a new AAAA record a domain or subdomain hosted in your cloud website hosting account, it is not going to take you more than several easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is rather intuitive to use and it will allow you to create or change every record without difficulty. When you sign in and go to the DNS Records section, where you can find all present records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you will just have to click the "New" button, pick out AAAA from a small drop-down menu inside the pop-up that'll show up, type or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the modification - it is as basic as that. The new record shall be 100% working within a maximum of an hour and the hostname which you have created it for will start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. When required, you are also going to be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which reveals the time in seconds that the new record will be functioning after you eventually edit it to something different or you simply remove it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

As our sophisticated cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you are going to be able to create one without difficulty for every domain name or subdomain that you host within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record is going to propagate within the hour, so that you can start using the services of any other service provider you point the domain/subdomain to right away. You are able to create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel in which you will also find all the other records that were created automatically or you have set up manually previously. The creation of the new AAAA record is as simple as picking the needed domain or subdomain and the AAAA type through simple drop-down menus, inputting the IPv6 address in a text box and saving the modification. You will be able to modify the record anytime if necessary. In case the other company needs a specific TTL value for the new record, you'll be able to modify this setting also. The Time To Live option outlines how long an existing record will keep functioning after you edit it or delete it and the time is in seconds.