AAAA is a domain address record, that is basically the IPv6 address of the server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the present IPv4 system in which every IP consists of four sets of decimal digits which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. However, an IPv6 address includes eight sets of 4 hexadecimal digits - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The cause of this change is the substantially smaller number of unique IPs that the present system supports as well as the fast increase of units that are connected to the Internet. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you wish to point a domain to a machine that uses this sort of an address, you'll have to create an AAAA record for it, not the commonly used A record, which is an IPv4 address. The two records have the very same function, but different notations are used, so as to identify the two sorts of addresses.
AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting
The highly developed Hepsia website hosting CP, which comes with our cloud hosting, allows you to set up a new AAAA record effortlessly. Once you are in the account and you navigate to the DNS Records section, you'll find all records that you have for any hosted domain address or a subdomain under it. All it takes to set up the AAAA record is to click on the New Record button, to select the domain/subdomain in question, pick AAAA then simply enter or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We've got a step-by-step guide in case you have never created records for your domains, but it's not likely that you will need it as Hepsia is much simpler to work with than other Control Panels available. Within an hour your new record is going to be functioning and your domain shall start resolving to the servers of the other service provider. There's also an option to change the TTL value, which outlines how long this record will be active if you change it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value which the other provider may require.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Creating a new AAAA record is incredibly easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting CP, so if you host a domain address in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you want such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you've set up under it, you will be able to create it in a few rather simple steps and with no hassle. Hepsia includes a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain names in which you can find all existing records or set up new ones with a few clicks. All it takes to achieve that is to choose the domain/subdomain you want to edit, choose AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and input the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address the other provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the new record is going to propagate globally and your domain will start pointing to the third-party web server. If they need it, you can even modify the TTL value, which outlines the time this record is going to be functioning with its existing value before a new one takes over if you make any adjustments in the future.