An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address within the newly introduced IPv6 format and it consists of 8 different sets of hexadecimal numbers, unlike the IPv4 IPs, which include four sets of numbers between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the number of IPs which can be created is many times bigger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain has its website hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, that record tells the domain where the Internet site for it is. Depending on the system which the provider employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your website with one company and your email messages with a different one, so if you choose to use such a 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 are using a service with a third-party company and you've got to create an AAAA record to forward a domain or a subdomain to their system, you will be able to do that with just a couple of clicks via the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with all of our shared hosting packages. After you log in, you have to navigate to the DNS Records section where you are going to find all of the records for any domain or subdomain hosted in the account. Setting up a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, picking the type from a drop-down options menu, that will be AAAA in this case, and then typing the value, or the actual IPv6 address, within a text box. As an added option you could edit the TTL value (Time To Live), which specifies how long the record is going to be live after you change it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be operating in only an hour and will propagate worldwide a couple of hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start pointing to the new server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Creating a new AAAA record is incredibly easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain address in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you want such a record either for it or for a subdomain which you have set up under it, you'll be able to create it within a few quite simple steps and with no hassle. Hepsia features a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain addresses in which you can find all current records or set up new ones with a few clicks. All it takes to achieve that is to select the domain/subdomain you need to edit, select AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and type the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address that the other company has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the newly created record will propagate worldwide and your Internet domain will start forwarding to the third-party server. If they demand it, you can also modify the TTL value, which outlines the time this record will be functioning with its existing value before a new one takes over if you make any changes in the future.