AAAA is a domain record, that's in essence the IPv6 address of the server where the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the current IPv4 system where every single Internet protocol address consists of 4 sets of decimal digits which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. However, an IPv6 address features eight groups of four hexadecimal digits - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The main reason for this modification is the significantly smaller selection of unique IPs the current system supports and the rapid increase of products which are connected to the world wide web. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you wish to point a domain address to a web server that uses such an address, you need to create an AAAA record for it, and not the commonly used A record, that is an IPv4 address. Both records have the very same function, yet different notations are used, so as to differentiate the two forms of addresses.

AAAA Records in Shared Web Hosting

If you are using a service with a third-party company and you've got to create an AAAA record to direct a domain address or a subdomain to their system, you're going to be able to do that with only a few clicks within the Hepsia CP, which comes with all our shared web hosting plans. When you log in, you have to visit the DNS Records section where you will find all the records for any domain address or subdomain hosted within the account. Setting up a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, picking out the type from a drop-down options menu, that is to 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), which determines how long the record will be live after you edit it or erase it in the future. The new AAAA record will be live in no more than an hour and will propagate worldwide an hour or two later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start pointing to the new server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need to set up an AAAA record for a domain address you have hosted in it or a subdomain you've set up, it'll take you just a few clicks within the Hepsia CP to do that. Even if you have never had a web hosting account before, you'll not experience any difficulties because you will use a very simple and user-friendly interface. All of the DNS records for your domain names are going to be listed in a section of the CP with the same name, so once you go there, you will see all records that have been set up automatically or manually and you're going to be able to create a new one by clicking on the corresponding button. A compact pop-up shall appear, so with only a couple of mouse clicks you can choose the type of record you need and for which domain name or subdomain it'll be set up. After that, just paste the IPv6 address inside a text box, save the modification and an hour later the new AAAA record will be 100% live. As an optional setting, you can pick how long this record shall be functioning after you edit it or remove it in the future. That's the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can modify from the standard 3600 seconds when the other company requires it.