An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address in the newly introduced IPv6 format and it is made up of 8 groups of hexadecimal digits, unlike the IPv4 IPs, that include four groups of numbers between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the amount of IPs that may be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain name has its hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, that record tells the domain address where the website for it is located. Depending on the system the provider uses, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your Internet site with one provider and your email messages with a different one, so if you decide to use such a redirection to forward a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll have to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Hosting

If you'd like to use a domain or a subdomain that you have within a hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you need to set up an AAAA record for that, it won't take you more than only a few mouse clicks to do this using our effective, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia CP. Once you visit the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a compact pop-up will show up. This is the place where you could set up any DNS record, so you simply have to choose the needed domain name or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down menus and type in the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. Even if you have no experience with such matters, you will not have any issues as Hepsia is incredibly user-friendly and your new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, so that you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other service provider. In case they demand it, you will also be able to change the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, defining how long it'll remain active in the global DNS system after you change it or erase it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Creating a new AAAA record is extremely easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you have created under it, you are going to be able to create it in just a few quite simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia features a section devoted to the DNS records of your domains where you can find all existing records or create new ones with a few clicks. All it takes to do this is to select the domain/subdomain you want to change, pick AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and enter the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address which the other provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the new record will propagate globally and your domain name will start forwarding to the third-party web server. If they require it, you may also change the TTL value, which shows the time this record is going to be active with its existing value before a new one takes over if you make any modifications in the future.