An AAAA record is an IP address within the newly launched IPv6 format and it is comprised of 8 sets of hexadecimal numbers, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, that include four sets of digits in between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the amount of IPs that may be created is many times bigger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each domain has its website hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this unique record informs the domain where the Internet site for it is located. Depending on the system which the provider employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your website with one provider and your emails with another, so if you choose to use this sort of redirection to point a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll have to create an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting
If you use a service through a third-party company and you need to set up an AAAA record to point a domain or a subdomain to their system, you are going to be able to do that with a few mouse clicks through the Hepsia Control Panel, supplied with all our shared website hosting solutions. When you sign in, you will need to visit 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 easy as clicking on a button, choosing the type from a drop-down menu, that is to be AAAA in this case, and then entering the value, or the actual IPv6 address, within a text box. As an added option you are able to modify the TTL value (Time To Live), which defines how long the record will be active after you edit it or remove it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be active in only an hour and will propagate globally an hour or two later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start directing to the new server.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Creating a new AAAA record is incredibly easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting CP, so if you host a domain address inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you want such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you have created under it, you will be able to create it in a few quite simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia features a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain addresses in which you can find all current records or create new ones with several clicks. All it takes to do that is to pick the domain/subdomain that you would like to edit, choose AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and enter the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address that the other provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the newly created record will propagate globally and your Internet domain will start pointing to the third-party hosting server. If they require it, you can even modify the TTL value, which indicates the time this record shall be operating with its existing value before a new one kicks in if you make any modifications in the future.