AAAA is a domain name record, which is essentially the IPv6 address of the server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was introduced to replace the current IPv4 system in which each IP address is comprised of 4 groups of decimal digits which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. However, an IPv6 address includes 8 sets of four hexadecimal digits - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The main reason for this modification is the significantly smaller number of unique IPs the present system supports and also the rapid increase of products that are connected to the world wide web. A good example of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you wish to forward a domain to a server which uses this kind of an address, you'll have to create an AAAA record for it, and not the commonly used A record, which is an IPv4 address. Both records have the same exact function, yet different notations are used, so as to separate the two sorts of addresses.
AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting
If you need to create a new AAAA record for any domain or subdomain hosted within your cloud website hosting account, it is not going to take you more than a few simple steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is rather intuitive to use and it will permit you to set up or edit every record without difficulty. When you log in and navigate to the DNS Records section, where you can find all existing records for your domain names and subdomains, you'll just have to click on the "New" button, choose AAAA from a small drop-down menu inside the pop-up that'll show up, input or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the modification - it is as easy as that. The new record will be 100% working within only one hour and the hostname you have created it for will start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If required, you will also be able to modify the TTL (Time To Live) value, which signifies the time in seconds that the new record will be working after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply erase it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Creating a new AAAA record for a domain name 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 inside the Help section of your Hepsia web hosting CP as well. You'll have to select the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu in which you will find all of your domain names and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as simple as choosing the one that you need and entering the IPv6 address for it. This is done with no more than a couple of mouse clicks, so you can quickly point any hostname to a different provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they offer. It will take just a few seconds for the new record to be functioning and only around an hour for it to propagate globally, so you will be done in no time. The other company could also require you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that's different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature outlines how long it will take for any new value you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.