Every device that is connected to the Internet has a distinctive identifier named IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes personal computers, web servers, smartphones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IP addresses, which was introduced originally, is already distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are slowly getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name which opens an internet site has an IP record, which is the address of the server where it is hosted. Using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is made up of 4 sets of numbers from 1 to 255 divided by a dot, while within the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it consists of 8 groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this kind of records use numbers from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F. An example of an AAAA record is 2010:0c48:43d3:2142:1012:8c3a:2475:2435 and this format is designed for a significantly larger number of IPs when compared with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

If you use a service with a third-party company and you need to create an AAAA record to direct a domain name or a subdomain to their system, you are going to be able to do that with just a few mouse clicks in the Hepsia CP, included with all our cloud hosting plans. Once you log in, you have to navigate to the DNS Records section where you are going to find all records for every domain name or subdomain hosted in the account. Setting up a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, choosing the type from a drop-down menu, that is to be AAAA in this case, and then typing the value, or the actual IPv6 address, in a text box. As an additional option you are able to change the TTL value (Time To Live), that specifies how long the record is going to be active after you change it or remove it in the future. The new AAAA record will be active in just an hour and will propagate worldwide an hour or two later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start forwarding to the new server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

As our leading-edge cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you will be able to create one effortlessly for every domain address 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 that you can start using the services of any other company you point the domain/subdomain to in no time. You can create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel where you will also find all other records that were created automatically or you have set up manually previously. The set up of the new AAAA record is as easy as picking the needed domain or subdomain and the AAAA type through simple drop-down menus, inputting the IPv6 address inside a text box and saving the change. You're going to be able to modify the record at any time if required. Assuming the other service provider requires a certain TTL value for the new record, you will be able to edit this setting too. The Time To Live option defines how long an existing record will keep functioning after you change it or erase it and the time is in seconds.