An AAAA record is an IP address within the recently released IPv6 format and it is comprised of eight different sets of hexadecimal digits, unlike the IPv4 IPs, which feature 4 sets of digits in between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the sheer number of IPs that could be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain name has its hosting server IP as a record and in essence, that record tells the domain where the Internet site for it is located. Depending on the system which the service provider uses, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record enables you to host your website with one provider and your e-mails with another, so if you choose to use this kind of redirection to forward a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll have to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Hosting

If you use a service with a third-party service provider and you've got to create an AAAA record to forward a domain address or a subdomain to their system, you will be able to do that with just a couple of clicks in the Hepsia CP, included with our hosting packages. After you sign in, you will need to go to the DNS Records section where you will find all records for every domain address or subdomain hosted within the account. Setting up a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, picking the type from a drop-down options menu, that is to be AAAA in this case, and then inputting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, inside a text box. As an added option you could change the TTL value (Time To Live), which determines how long the record will be live after you change it or remove it in the future. The new AAAA record will be active in no more than an hour and will propagate worldwide a few hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start forwarding to the new hosting server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a new AAAA record is extremely easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain address in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you require such a record either for it or for a subdomain which you have set up under it, you're going to be able to create it in a few very simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia has a section devoted to the DNS records of your domain addresses where you can find all current records or create new ones with a few mouse clicks. All it takes to do that is to choose the domain/subdomain that you would like to modify, pick 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 modification, the new record is going to propagate globally and your Internet domain will start directing to the third-party server. If they demand it, you can also change the TTL value, which outlines the time this record will be functioning with its current value before a new one kicks in if you make any modifications in the future.