AAAA is a domain address record, which is basically the IPv6 address of the web server in which the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was introduced to replace the present IPv4 system where every single IP address is comprised of four groups of decimal numbers 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 considerably smaller number of unique IPs which the present system supports as well as the rapid increase of products which are connected to the world wide web. An example of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you wish to forward a domain address to a server that uses this sort of an address, you will have to create an AAAA record for it, and not the widely used A record, that is an IPv4 address. The two records deliver the very same function, yet different notations are used, so as to differentiate the two forms of addresses.

AAAA Records in Web Hosting

If you use a service through a third-party service provider and you have to set up an AAAA record to forward a domain name or a subdomain to their system, you are going to be able to do that with only a couple of mouse clicks via the Hepsia CP, supplied with all our web hosting plans. As soon as you log in, you have to proceed to the DNS Records section in which you will find all the records for every domain name or subdomain hosted within the account. Creating a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, picking out the type from a drop-down menu, that will be AAAA in this case, and then inputting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, within a text box. As an extra option you could edit the TTL value (Time To Live), that specifies how long the record is active after you change it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be working in just an hour and will propagate globally a couple of hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start redirecting to the new web server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Creating a new AAAA record is extremely easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting CP, so if you host a domain within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you've created under it, you'll be able to create it within a few rather simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia features a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain addresses in which you can find all current records or set up new ones with a few clicks. All it takes to do this is to select the domain/subdomain that you'd like to edit, pick AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and input the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address which the other provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the new record will propagate worldwide and your domain name will start forwarding to the third-party server. If they need it, you could also change the TTL value, which reveals the time this record is going to be active with its present value before a new one kicks in if you make any adjustments in the future.