An AAAA record is an IP address in the recently presented IPv6 format and it comprises of eight different sets of hexadecimal digits, unlike the IPv4 IPs, which include 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 sheer number of IPs that can be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain has its website hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, this unique record tells the domain where the Internet site for it can be found. Depending on the system that the service provider employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record enables you to host your Internet site with one provider and your emails with a different one, so if you choose to use this type of redirection to forward a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to create an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting
If you use a service through a third-party company and you need to create an AAAA record to forward a domain or a subdomain to their system, you are going to be able to do that with a few mouse clicks within the Hepsia CP, provided with our cloud website hosting solutions. When you sign in, you have to go to the DNS Records section where you are going to find all the records for every domain address or subdomain hosted inside the account. Setting up a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, choosing the type from a drop-down menu, that will be AAAA in this case, and then inputting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, inside a text box. As an extra option you are able to change the TTL value (Time To Live), which determines how long the record is active after you edit it or erase it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be active in no more than an hour and will propagate globally a couple of hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start redirecting to the new hosting server.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
As our advanced cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you're going to be able to create one with no trouble for every internet domain or subdomain that you host within 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 direct the domain/subdomain to right away. You could create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia website hosting CP where you will also find all of the other records that were created automatically or you have set up manually before. The creation of the new AAAA record is as basic as choosing the needed Internet domain or subdomain and the AAAA type through simple drop-down menus, typing the IPv6 address within a text box and saving the modification. You'll be able to change the record at any time if required. Assuming the other provider requires a specific TTL value for the new record, you will be able to change this setting too. The Time To Live option determines how long an existing record will continue working after you modify it or erase it and the time is in seconds.