An AAAA record is an IP in the freshly released IPv6 format and it consists of 8 groups of hexadecimal numbers, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which include four groups of numbers in between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the number of IPs that can be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain name has its hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, this record informs the domain name where the site for it can be found. Depending on the system that the company employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your website with one company and your email messages with another, so if you decide to use this kind of redirection to point a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will have to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

The cutting-edge Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with our cloud hosting, will allow you to create a new AAAA record easily. When you're within the account and you visit the DNS Records section, you will find all records you have for every hosted domain address or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to select the domain/subdomain in question, choose AAAA and then only type in or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We have a step-by-step guide in case you have never created records for your domains, but it's less likely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much simpler to work with than compared with other Control Panels available. Within an hour your new record is going to be working and your domain name shall start resolving to the servers of the other service provider. In addition, there’s an option to change the TTL value, which outlines how long this record is going to be active if you edit it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value the other service provider may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Creating a new AAAA record for a domain name or a subdomain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company features only a few really easy steps, which you will be able to find within the Help section of your Hepsia hosting CP as well. You will need to pick the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu where you will find all your domains and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as basic as picking out the one that you need and inputting the IPv6 address for it. This is achieved with no more than a few clicks, so you can very easily direct any hostname to a different service provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they offer. It's going to take seconds for the new record to be live and just around an hour for it to propagate world-wide, so you'll be done in no time. The other provider can also ask you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, which is different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature determines how long it will take for any new value you set for your record to take effect as the old value is still active.