Every single device that's connected to the Internet has a distinctive identifier called IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computers, web servers, smartphones, switches, etcetera. The pool of addresses, which was introduced originally, has already been distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are progressively being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name that opens an internet site has 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 is made up of 4 sets of numbers from 1 to 255 split up using a dot, while within the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it is made up of 8 sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this type of records use digits 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 works with a significantly larger amount of IPs than the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Hosting

If you use a service with a third-party company and you have to set up an AAAA record to forward a domain name or a subdomain to their system, you're going to be able to do that with a couple of clicks through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with all our hosting plans. Once you sign in, you have to visit the DNS Records section where you are going to find all of the records for any domain name or subdomain hosted in the account. Creating a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, choosing the type from a drop-down menu, that will be AAAA in this case, and then inserting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, in a text box. As an extra option you are able to edit the TTL value (Time To Live), that defines how long the record will be live after you change it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be live in just an hour and will propagate around the world an hour or two later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start directing to the new hosting server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a new AAAA record is quite easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain address in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you require 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 simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia includes a section devoted to the DNS records of your domain names in which you can find all existing records or set up new ones with a few clicks. All it takes to achieve that is to pick the domain/subdomain that you'd like to modify, choose AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and input the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address the other company has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the new record is going to propagate world-wide and your Internet domain will start forwarding to the third-party server. If they need it, you can also edit the TTL value, which reveals the time this record will be operating with its current value before a new one takes over if you make any adjustments in the future.