An AAAA record is an IP within the freshly presented IPv6 format and it is comprised of eight different groups of hexadecimal numbers, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which feature 4 groups of digits between 1 and 255. An 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 higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every single domain has its hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this unique record informs the domain name where the website for it can be found. Depending on the system which the service provider employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your website with one provider and your e-mails with another, so if you decide to use this type of redirection to point a domain name 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
The state-of-the-art Hepsia hosting Control Panel, provided with our shared website hosting, allows you to set up a new AAAA record with ease. When you are in the account and you navigate to the DNS Records section, you'll find all records you have for every hosted domain name or a subdomain under it. All it takes to set up the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to pick the domain/subdomain in question, choose AAAA after which just type 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 extremely unlikely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much simpler to employ in comparison with other Control Panels available on the market. Within an hour your new record shall be functioning and your domain address will start resolving to the servers of the other company. In addition, there’s an option to edit the TTL value, which shows how long this record is going to be functioning if you edit it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value that the other service provider may require.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you ought to set up an AAAA record for a domain address you have hosted in it or a subdomain you have set up, it is going to take you just a few mouse clicks in the Hepsia CP to achieve that. Even when you have never had a hosting account before, you will not experience any troubles because you will use a very simple and easy-to-use interface. All of the DNS records for your domain addresses are going to be listed in a section of the Control Panel with the exact same name, so when you go there, you'll see all records that have been set up automatically or manually and you'll be able to set up a new one by clicking on the corresponding button. A little pop-up will appear, so with only a few clicks you can select the type of record you need and for which domain or subdomain it's going to be set up. Then, just paste the IPv6 address within a text box, save the modification and 1 hour later the new AAAA record is going to be fully active. As an optional setting, you can pick how long this record is going to be functioning after you change it or remove it in the future. This is the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can modify from the default 3600 seconds in case the other company demands it.