An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address in the recently released IPv6 format and it consists of eight different sets of hexadecimal numbers, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which include four sets of digits in between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the number of IPs that can be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every single domain has its web hosting server IP as a record and in essence, this record tells the domain name where the Internet site for it is located. Depending on the system that the provider employs, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record permits you to host your website with one provider and your email messages with another, so if you decide to use this kind of redirection to forward a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to create an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting
The highly developed Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, which comes with our cloud hosting, allows you to create a new AAAA record without difficulty. When you're inside the account and you visit the DNS Records section, you will discover all records that you have for every hosted domain 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 simply enter or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We've got a step-by-step guide in case you have never created records for your domains, but it's less likely that you will need it as Hepsia is much easier to use than compared with other Control Panels available. Within an hour your new record is going to be active and your domain address shall start resolving to the servers of the other provider. There is also an option to edit the TTL value, which shows how long this record will be functioning if you update it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value which the other provider may require.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Creating a new AAAA record for a domain or a subdomain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company includes a few really easy steps, which you will be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel as well. You will need to choose the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu where you will find all of your domains and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as basic as selecting the one that you need and entering the IPv6 address for it. This is done with no more than several clicks, so you can easily forward any hostname to a different company by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they provide. It takes seconds for the new record to be live and just around an hour for it to propagate globally, so you will be done in no time. The other company can also ask you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that is different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature shows how long it will take for any new value that you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.