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

AAAA Records in Hosting

If you'd like to use a domain name or a subdomain which you have inside a hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you need to set up an AAAA record for that, it won't take you more than just a few mouse clicks to do that using our amazing, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia CP. As soon as you navigate to the DNS Records section and click the Create a New Record button, a small pop-up will appear. This is the area in which you can set up any DNS record, so you simply have to select the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down navigation and input the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. Just in case you have zero experience with such matters, you'll not have any troubles as Hepsia is incredibly user-friendly and the new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, so you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other provider. Provided they demand it, you will also be able to change the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, outlining how long it'll remain active in the global DNS system after you edit it or erase it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a new AAAA record is quite 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 created under it, you are going to be able to create it in a few rather simple steps and with no hassle. Hepsia has a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain names in which you can find all existing records or set up new ones with a couple of clicks. All it takes to achieve that is to pick the domain/subdomain you want to edit, pick AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and type the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address the other provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the modification, the new record is going to propagate world-wide and your domain name will start pointing to the third-party server. If they need it, you could also change the TTL value, which reveals the time this record shall be working with its present value before a new one kicks in if you make any changes in the future.