An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address within the recently introduced IPv6 format and it consists of 8 different sets of hexadecimal digits, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which include four groups of numbers between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the amount of IPs that can be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each domain name has its website hosting server Internet protocol as a record and in essence, this unique record tells the domain name where the website for it is. Depending on the system which the provider employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record permits 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 address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting

If you are using a service with a third-party provider and you need to set up an AAAA record to direct a domain name or a subdomain to their system, you will be able to do that with just a couple of clicks in the Hepsia CP, which comes with all of our shared website hosting packages. As soon as you log in, you need to navigate to the DNS Records section where you will find all the records for any domain name or subdomain hosted inside the account. Creating a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, picking the type from a drop-down options menu, that will be AAAA in this case, and then inputting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, in a text box. As an extra option you could change the TTL value (Time To Live), that outlines how long the record is going to be live after you change it or erase it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be functioning in just an hour and will propagate globally a few hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start redirecting to the new web server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Creating a new AAAA record is extremely easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you want such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you've created under it, you'll be able to create it within a few simple steps and with no hassle. Hepsia has a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domains where you can find all current records or set up new ones with a few clicks. All it takes to do that is to pick the domain/subdomain that you'd like to change, pick AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and enter the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address that the other service provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the modification, the new record is going to propagate world-wide and your domain will start forwarding to the third-party hosting server. If they demand it, you can also change the TTL value, which outlines the time this record is going to be working with its current value before a new one kicks in if you make any adjustments in the future.