AAAA is a domain record, which is in essence the IPv6 address of the web server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the present IPv4 system where every Internet protocol address consists of four sets of decimal digits between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In comparison, an IPv6 address has 8 sets of four hexadecimal numbers - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason behind this transformation is the significantly smaller selection of unique IPs which the existing system supports as well as the quick increase of units that are connected to the Internet. An example of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you'd like to forward a domain name to a web server that uses this type of an address, you'll have to set up an AAAA record for it, not the widespread A record, which is an IPv4 address. The two records deliver the very same function, yet different notations are used, in order to separate the two forms of addresses.

AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting

If you want to set up a new AAAA record a domain address or subdomain hosted in your cloud website hosting account, it is not going to take you more than several easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is very intuitive to use and it will enable you to create or modify every record easily. Once you sign in and navigate to the DNS Records section, in which you'll discover all current records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you'll only have to click on the "New" button, pick AAAA from a small drop-down menu within the pop-up which will appear, input or paste the necessary IPv6 address and save the modification - it is as simple as that. The new record will be fully functioning within no more than an hour and the hostname you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If required, you will also be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which indicates the time in seconds which the new record will be functioning after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply remove it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

As our sophisticated cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you are going to be able to create one easily for every domain or subdomain that you host in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record is going to propagate within the hour, so you can start using the services of any other provider you forward the domain/subdomain to right away. You could create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel in which you will also find all the other records that were created automatically or you have set up manually before. The set up of the new AAAA record is as simple as picking the needed Internet domain or subdomain and the AAAA type from simple drop-down menus, entering the IPv6 address in a text box and saving the modification. You will be able to edit the record at any time if necessary. Assuming the other provider needs a certain TTL value for the new record, you'll be able to change this setting as well. The Time To Live option determines how long an existing record will keep operating after you edit it or delete it and the time is in seconds.