Each device that is connected to the web has a unique identifier referred to as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes personal computers, web servers, smartphones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IPs, that was introduced at first, is already distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are progressively getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain which opens an internet site comes with an IP record, which is the address of the server where it is hosted. Using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it comprises of four sets of numbers from 1 to 255 divided using a dot, while within the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it is made up of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this type of records use numbers from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F. A good example of an AAAA record is 2010:0c48:43d3:2142:1012:8c3a:2475:2435 and this format can handle a substantially larger amount of IPs compared with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

If you are using a service through a third-party company and you have to create an AAAA record to point a domain address or a subdomain to their system, you'll be able to do that with only a few clicks within the Hepsia Control Panel, included with all of our shared hosting plans. When you sign in, you need to proceed to the DNS Records section where you are going to find all of the records for every domain or subdomain hosted in the account. Creating a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, selecting the type from a drop-down menu, that will be AAAA in this case, and then typing the value, or the actual IPv6 address, inside a text box. As an additional option you could change the TTL value (Time To Live), that specifies how long the record is going to be active after you modify it or erase it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be live in only an hour and will propagate around the world a few hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start redirecting to the new server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain or a subdomain hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company involves a few really easy steps, which you will be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia hosting CP as well. You'll need to choose the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu where you will find all your domain addresses and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as easy as choosing the one that you need and entering the IPv6 address for it. This is achieved with no more than several clicks, so you can quickly forward any hostname to a different company by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they provide. It will take just a few seconds for the new record to be live and only about an hour for it to propagate worldwide, so you will be done in no time. The other service provider may also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, which is different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature shows how long it will take for any new value you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.