An AAAA record is an IP within the recently launched IPv6 format and it is comprised of eight different sets of hexadecimal numbers, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which include 4 sets of digits between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the total number of IPs that can be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain has its web hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, that record informs the domain address where the site for it is located. Depending on the system that the service provider employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your website with one provider and your e-mails with another, so if you choose to use such a redirection to point a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will have to create an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Shared Hosting
If you are using a service with a third-party service provider and you have to set up an AAAA record to direct a domain name or a subdomain to their system, you're going to be able to do that with only a couple of clicks in the Hepsia Control Panel, included with all our shared hosting packages. After you sign in, you have to navigate to the DNS Records section in which you will find all the records for any domain address or subdomain hosted in the account. Setting up a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, choosing 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 modify the TTL value (Time To Live), that determines how long the record is going to be active after you modify it or remove it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be operating in no more than an hour and will propagate worldwide an hour or two later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start forwarding to the new server.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Creating a new AAAA record for a domain address or a subdomain hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company includes only a few really easy steps, which you'll be able to find in the Help section of your Hepsia website hosting CP as well. You'll need to pick the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu in which you will find all your domains and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as basic as picking out the one that you need and entering the IPv6 address for it. This is done with no more than a couple of mouse clicks, so you can easily forward any hostname to a different company by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they supply. It takes mere seconds for the new record to be functioning and only about an hour for it to propagate globally, so you will be done in no time. The other provider can also ask you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that is different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature determines how long it will take for any new value which you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.