AAAA is a domain name record, that's basically the IPv6 address of the web server in which the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the present IPv4 system where every Internet protocol address consists of four groups of decimal digits which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In comparison, an IPv6 address has eight sets of 4 hexadecimal numbers - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The cause of this transformation is the tremendously smaller amount of unique IPs which the current system supports as well as the quick increase of gadgets that are connected to the world wide web. An example of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you'd like to point a domain to a machine that uses such an address, you will need to set up an AAAA record for it, and not the widespread A record, which is an IPv4 address. The two records deliver the exact same function, yet different notations are used, in order to identify the two sorts of addresses.
AAAA Records in Cloud Web Hosting
The state-of-the-art Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, provided with our cloud web hosting, will permit you to create a new AAAA record with ease. Once you are within the account and you go to the DNS Records section, you'll discover all records you have for every hosted domain or a subdomain under it. All it takes to set up the AAAA record is to click on the New Record button, to pick the domain/subdomain in question, select AAAA and then just input or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We have a step-by-step guide in case you have never created records for your domain addresses, but it's less likely that you will need it as Hepsia is much simpler to use in comparison with other Control Panels available on the market. Within an hour your new record shall be active and your domain shall start resolving to the servers of the other service provider. There's also an option to modify the TTL value, which outlines how long this record is going to be working if you modify it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value the other service provider may require.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain name or a subdomain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company includes only a few very simple steps, that you will be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel as well. You'll need to pick the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu in which you will find all your domain addresses and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as basic as picking out the one that you need and inputting the IPv6 address for it. This is achieved with no more than a few mouse clicks, so you can quickly direct any hostname to a different provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they supply. It will take mere seconds for the new record to be active and only about an hour for it to propagate globally, so you'll be done in no time. The other company can also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, which is different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature outlines how long it will take for any new value you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.