An AAAA record is an IP in the recently introduced IPv6 format and it is comprised of eight different groups of hexadecimal digits, unlike the IPv4 IPs, that include 4 groups of digits between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the sheer number of IPs which can be created is many times greater than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain has its web hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, that record informs the domain name where the website 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 site with one company and your email messages with a different one, so if you choose to use such a redirection to point a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to create an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Hosting
If you are using a service with a third-party company and you have to set up an AAAA record to direct a domain address or a subdomain to their system, you're going to be able to do that with just a couple of mouse clicks via the Hepsia CP, which comes with our hosting packages. Once you log in, you will need to proceed to the DNS Records section where you are going to find all records for any domain name or subdomain hosted inside the account. Creating a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, picking out the type from a drop-down menu, which will be AAAA in this case, and then inserting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, within a text box. As an extra option you could modify the TTL value (Time To Live), which outlines how long the record is going to be live after you modify it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be functioning in only an hour and will propagate globally two or three hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start pointing to the new web server.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Setting up a new AAAA record is incredibly easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting CP, so if you host a domain name in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you require such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you've set up under it, you're going to be able to create it in a few rather simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia includes a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domains where you can find all existing records or set up new ones with a few mouse clicks. All it takes to do that is to select the domain/subdomain you need to modify, choose AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and enter the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address the other provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the newly created record is going to propagate world-wide and your domain name will start directing to the third-party hosting server. If they require it, you can even edit the TTL value, which indicates the time this record is going to be active with its present value before a new one kicks in if you make any modifications in the future.