An AAAA record is an IP address in the newly released IPv6 format and it consists of 8 groups of hexadecimal digits, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which feature four sets of numbers between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the number of IPs which can be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain has its hosting server IP as a record and in essence, that record informs the domain name where the website for it is located. Depending on the system that the provider employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your site with one company and your emails with a different one, so if you choose to use this type of 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 Cloud Hosting

The cutting-edge Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, which comes with our cloud hosting, will enable you to create a new AAAA record with ease. Once you are in the account and you go to the DNS Records section, you'll discover all records that you have for any hosted domain or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click on the New Record button, to choose the domain/subdomain in question, choose AAAA and then only enter or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We have a step-by-step guide in case you have never created records for your domain names, but it is not likely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much simpler to use than other Control Panels available. Within an hour your new record will be live and your domain will start resolving to the servers of the other service provider. Additionally, there is an option to edit the TTL value, which shows how long this record will be functioning if you change it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value that the other company may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain or a subdomain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company includes only a couple of really easy steps, which you will be able to find in the Help section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel as well. You'll need to select the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu where you will find your domain addresses and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as basic as selecting the one that you need and inputting the IPv6 address for it. This is accomplished with no more than a couple of clicks, so you can quickly forward any hostname to a different company by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they provide. It will take mere seconds for the new record to be active and just around an hour for it to propagate around the globe, so you will be done in no time. The other company can also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that's different from the standard 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.