An AAAA record is an IP within the recently presented IPv6 format and it is comprised of eight different groups of hexadecimal numbers, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, that include 4 groups of numbers between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the total number of IPs that could be created is many times bigger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every single domain name has its web hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, this record tells the domain address where the site for it is. Depending on the system which the provider uses, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record enables you to host your website with one provider and your e-mails with another, so if you decide to use such a redirection to forward a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

If you would like to create a new AAAA record a domain or subdomain hosted inside your shared hosting account, it won't take you more than a couple of easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is rather intuitive to use and is going to enable you to create or change every record with ease. After you log in and go to the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all existing records for your domains and subdomains, you'll simply have to click on the "New" button, select AAAA from a small drop-down menu inside the pop-up that'll show up, enter or paste the necessary IPv6 address and save the modification - it is as easy as that. The new record will be 100% live within only 1 hour and the hostname which you have created it for is going to start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. If necessary, you will also be able to change the TTL (Time To Live) value, which reveals the time in seconds that the new record will be active after you eventually change it to something different or you simply remove it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

As our cutting-edge cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you will be able to create one without difficulty for any domain address or subdomain that you host within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using the services of any other company you direct the domain/subdomain to in no time. You can create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel where you will also find all other records that were set up automatically or you have created manually before. The creation of the new AAAA record is as basic as picking the needed domain name or subdomain and the AAAA type via simple drop-down menus, entering the IPv6 address within a text box and saving the modification. You will be able to edit the record at any time if required. If the other provider needs a particular TTL value for the new record, you will be able to modify this setting also. The Time To Live option outlines how long an existing record will continue functioning after you modify it or delete it and the time is in seconds.