AAAA is a domain name record, that's essentially the IPv6 address of the server where the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the existing IPv4 system where every IP comprises of four sets of decimal numbers ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In contrast, an IPv6 address has eight sets of four hexadecimal numbers - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The main reason for this modification is the considerably smaller number of unique IPs that the present system supports as well as the speedy increase of units which are connected to the world wide web. An illustration of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you wish to forward a domain to a web server which uses this sort of an address, you will have to create an AAAA record for it, and not the widely used A record, that is an IPv4 address. The 2 records provide the very same function, yet different notations are used, in order to distinguish the two forms of addresses.
AAAA Records in Shared Hosting
If you are using a service with a third-party company and you need to create an AAAA record to point a domain or a subdomain to their system, you are going to be able to do that with only a couple of clicks within the Hepsia Control Panel, included with all of our shared hosting plans. Once you sign in, you will need to proceed to the DNS Records section in which you are going to find all the records for every domain or subdomain hosted in the account. Creating a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, selecting the type from a drop-down options menu, that will be AAAA in this case, and then typing the value, or the actual IPv6 address, in a text box. As an extra option you could change the TTL value (Time To Live), that outlines how long the record will be live after you modify it or erase it in the future. The new AAAA record will 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 forwarding to the new hosting server.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
As our leading-edge cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you will be able to create one easily for any domain or subdomain that you host inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, so you can start using the services of any other provider you point the domain/subdomain to right away. You could create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel where you will also find all the other records that were set up automatically or you have created manually in the past. The creation of the new AAAA record is as basic as choosing the needed domain or subdomain and the AAAA type from simple drop-down menus, entering the IPv6 address in a text box and saving the change. You'll be able to change the record at any time if required. Assuming the other provider demands a certain TTL value for the new record, you'll be able to change this setting too. The Time To Live option specifies how long an existing record will continue working after you edit it or remove it and the time is in seconds.