An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address within the newly released IPv6 format and it consists of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, that include 4 groups of digits in between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the amount of IPs that could be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every single domain has its web hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, that record instructs the domain where the website for it is located. Depending on the system which the provider uses, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your Internet site with one provider and your email messages with another, so if you decide to use such a redirection to point a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will have to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Cloud Web Hosting

In order to use a domain name or a subdomain you have inside a cloud web hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you have to set up an AAAA record for that, it won't take you more than only a few clicks to do that using our powerful, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. When you visit the DNS Records section and click the Create a New Record button, a little pop-up will appear. This is the area where you could create any DNS record, so you simply have to pick the needed domain name or subdomain and the type of record through drop-down options menu and input the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. Even if you have zero experience with such matters, you will not have any issues as Hepsia is quite intuitive and your new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, so that you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other provider. In case they demand it, you're also going to be able to modify the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, outlining how long it will remain active in the global DNS system after you change it or delete it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain address or a subdomain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company features only a couple of really easy steps, which you will be able to find within the Help section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel 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 domain addresses and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as easy as selecting the one that you need and inputting the IPv6 address for it. This is done with no more than a couple of mouse clicks, so you can easily direct any hostname to a different service provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they provide. It's going to take mere seconds for the new record to be working and just around an hour for it to propagate around the globe, so you'll be done in no time. The other company could also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that's different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature reveals how long it will take for any new value which you set for your record to take effect as the old value is still active.