An AAAA record is an IP within the recently launched IPv6 format and it consists of eight sets of hexadecimal digits, unlike the IPv4 IPs, which feature 4 groups of numbers in between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the total number of IPs that can be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every single domain name has its web hosting server IP as a record and in essence, that record informs the domain address where the website for it can be found. Depending on the system that the service provider employs, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your site with one provider and your email messages with another, so if you choose to use this sort of redirection to point a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will need to create an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting
If you are using a service with a third-party service provider and you've got to set up an AAAA record to direct a domain address or a subdomain to their system, you're going to be able to do that with just a couple of mouse clicks in the Hepsia CP, included with all our cloud hosting packages. Once you sign in, you need to go to the DNS Records section where you are going to find all the records for every domain address or subdomain hosted within the account. Creating a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, choosing the type from a drop-down menu, which will be AAAA in this case, and then inputting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, within a text box. As an extra option you can change the TTL value (Time To Live), that defines how long the record will be active after you change it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be active in no more than an hour and will propagate globally two or three hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start forwarding to the new server.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
As our state-of-the-art cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you are going to be able to create one with no trouble for every domain address or subdomain that you host inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record is going to propagate within the hour, so that you can start using the services of any other provider you point the domain/subdomain to right away. You could create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel in which you will also find all the other records that were set up automatically or you have created manually in the past. The set up of the new AAAA record is as simple as picking the needed domain or subdomain and the AAAA type through simple drop-down menus, typing the IPv6 address inside a text box and saving the modification. You'll be able to edit the record anytime if required. Assuming the other provider requires a particular TTL value for the new record, you'll be able to edit this setting also. The Time To Live option defines how long an existing record will continue working after you modify it or delete it and the time is in seconds.