AAAA is a domain address record, that is basically the IPv6 address of the server where the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was introduced to replace the current IPv4 system in which each Internet protocol address is comprised of four sets of decimal numbers between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. On the other hand, an IPv6 address has 8 groups of four hexadecimal digits - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The main reason for this transformation is the tremendously smaller number of unique IPs which the present system supports as well as the rapid increase of units that are connected to the Internet. A good example of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you need to point a domain to a server which uses such an address, you will need to create an AAAA record for it, and not the commonly used A record, which is an IPv4 address. The 2 records provide the exact same function, but different notations are used, in order to distinguish the two types of addresses.

AAAA Records in Hosting

If you'd like to create a new AAAA record a domain address or subdomain hosted in your hosting account, it will not take you more than a couple of simple steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is quite intuitive to use and is going to permit you to create or change any record without difficulty. Once you sign in and navigate to the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all current records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you will simply have to click on the "New" button, select AAAA from a small drop-down menu within the pop-up that will appear, input or paste the necessary IPv6 address and save the modification - it is as easy as that. The new record shall be fully live within a maximum of 1 hour and the hostname that you have created it for is going to start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If necessary, you are also going to be able to modify the TTL (Time To Live) value, which reveals the time in seconds the new record will be functioning after you eventually edit it to something different or you simply delete it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a new AAAA record is very easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting CP, so if you host a domain address within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need such a record either for it or for a subdomain which you have set up under it, you'll be able to create it within a few simple steps and with no hassle. Hepsia features a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain names where you can find all existing records or set up new ones with a few clicks. All it takes to achieve that is to select the domain/subdomain you want to modify, choose AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and type the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address that the other provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the newly created record will propagate globally and your Internet domain will start forwarding to the third-party server. If they require it, you could also modify the TTL value, which outlines the time this record will be active with its existing value before a new one kicks in if you make any changes in the future.