Every single device that is connected to the web has a specific identifier referred to as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes personal computers, web servers, smart phones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IP addresses, that was introduced initially, is already distributed, therefore the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are gradually being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain that opens an internet site has an IP record, that is the address of the server where it is hosted. When using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is made up of four groups of numbers from 1 to 255 split up using a dot, while within the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it consists of 8 sets 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 works with a substantially greater amount of IPs when compared with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting

If you use a service through a third-party company and you have to create an AAAA record to forward a domain name or a subdomain to their system, you're going to be able to do that with only a couple of clicks via the Hepsia Control Panel, provided with our cloud website hosting solutions. When you sign in, you need to visit 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 simple as clicking on a button, selecting the type from a drop-down menu, that is to be AAAA in this case, and then entering the value, or the actual IPv6 address, in a text box. As an additional option you could modify the TTL value (Time To Live), which specifies how long the record is going to be active after you modify it or remove it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be functioning in just an hour and will propagate worldwide a few hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start pointing to the new web server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Creating a new AAAA record for a domain or a subdomain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company features a few very 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 select the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu where you will find your domain names and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as basic as selecting 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 effortlessly forward any hostname to a different service provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they supply. It's going to take mere seconds for the new record to be live and only about an hour for it to propagate world-wide, so you will be done in no time. The other service provider may also ask you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that is different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature reveals how long it will take for any new value which you set for your record to take effect as the old value is still active.