An AAAA record is an IP within the recently presented IPv6 format and it is comprised of 8 different sets of hexadecimal digits, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, that include four groups of numbers in between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the number of IPs that could be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every single domain has its website hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this record instructs the domain address where the Internet site for it is. Depending on the system that the service provider uses, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record permits you to host your website with one company and your emails with another, so if you choose to use such a redirection to point a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll have to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

If you'd like to use a domain name or a subdomain which you have inside a shared hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you ought to set up an AAAA record for that, it will not take you more than only a few clicks to do that by using our powerful, though easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. When you visit the DNS Records section and then click the Create a New Record button, a compact pop-up will appear. This is the area where you can set up any DNS record, so you simply have to choose the needed domain address or subdomain and the type of record from drop-down menus and type in the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. In case you have zero experience with such matters, you won't have any issues as Hepsia is extremely intuitive and your new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, so you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other provider. Provided they demand it, you will also be able to modify the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it is going to remain active in the global DNS system after you change it or erase it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up 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 easy steps, which you will be able to find within the Help section of your Hepsia hosting CP as well. You'll need to choose the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu where you will find all of your domain addresses and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as easy as choosing the one that you need and typing in the IPv6 address for it. This is done with no more than several clicks, so you can very easily point any hostname to a different provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they supply. It's going to take mere seconds for the new record to be working and only about an hour for it to propagate globally, so you will be done in no time. The other provider could also ask you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that's different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature shows how long it will take for any new value which you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.