An AAAA record is an IP in the freshly introduced IPv6 format and it is comprised of eight different groups of hexadecimal numbers, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which feature 4 groups of digits 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 number of IPs which can be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain name has its website hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this record instructs the domain address where the website for it can be found. Depending on the system which the service provider uses, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your site with one company and your emails with a different one, so if you decide to use such a redirection to point a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll have to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

The state-of-the-art Hepsia web hosting CP, included with our shared hosting, will permit 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 that you have for every hosted domain name or a subdomain under it. All it takes to set up the AAAA record is to click on the New Record button, to select the domain/subdomain in question, select AAAA then simply enter 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 is less likely that you will need it as Hepsia is much easier to make use of than other Control Panels available on the market. Within an hour your new record will be working and your domain name shall start resolving to the servers of the other provider. There's also an option to modify the TTL value, which determines how long this record is going to be functioning if you edit it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value which the other company may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain or a subdomain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company involves a few really easy steps, that you will be able to find within the Help section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel as well. You will have to choose the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu in which you will find your domain addresses and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as simple as picking out the one that you need and typing in the IPv6 address for it. This is accomplished with no more than a few clicks, so you can effortlessly forward any hostname to a different company by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they offer. It's going to take just a few seconds for the new record to be live and just about an hour for it to propagate globally, so you'll 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 as the old value is still active.