Each device that's connected to the web has a distinctive identifier named IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes personal computers, web servers, smartphones, switches, and so on. The pool of IPs, which was introduced originally, is already distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are steadily being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name which opens a site comes with an IP record, that is the address of the server where it is hosted. When using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is comprised of 4 sets of numbers from 1 to 255 split up using a dot, while within the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it is comprised of 8 sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this kind of records use digits from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F. An illustration of an AAAA record is 2010:0c48:43d3:2142:1012:8c3a:2475:2435 and this format supports a significantly larger amount of IPs in comparison with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Cloud Web 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 will be able to do that with a couple of clicks within the Hepsia CP, included with our cloud web hosting solutions. After you log in, you need to proceed to the DNS Records section where you will find all of the records for every domain name or subdomain hosted inside the account. Setting up a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, picking the type from a drop-down menu, that is to be AAAA in this case, and then inputting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, within a text box. As an extra option you could edit the TTL value (Time To Live), that defines how long the record is going to be active after you change it or erase it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be working in no more than an hour and will propagate around the world a couple of hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start directing to the new hosting server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Creating a new AAAA record for a domain or a subdomain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company involves only a couple of very simple steps, that you will be able to find within the Help section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel as well. You'll have to select the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu where you will find your domain addresses and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as easy as selecting the one that you need and inputting the IPv6 address for it. This is accomplished with no more than a couple of clicks, so you can easily forward any hostname to a different company by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they supply. It takes mere seconds for the new record to be active and only around an hour for it to propagate worldwide, so you will be done in no time. The other company can also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that is different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature outlines how long it will take for any new value you set for your record to take effect as the old value is still active.