Every device that's connected to the Internet has a special identifier called IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computer systems, web servers, smartphones, switches, etc. The pool of IP addresses, which was introduced originally, has been distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are gradually being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain which opens a website has an IP record, which is the address of the server where it's hosted. When using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is made up of four sets of numbers from 1 to 255 split up with a dot, while in the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it consists of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this sort of records use numbers from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F. An example of an AAAA record is 2010:0c48:43d3:2142:1012:8c3a:2475:2435 and this format supports a considerably bigger amount of IPs in comparison with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

If you use a service with a third-party service provider and you have to set up an AAAA record to forward a domain address or a subdomain to their system, you will be able to do that with just a couple of mouse clicks in the Hepsia Control Panel, supplied with our cloud hosting packages. After you sign in, you need to go to the DNS Records section in which you will find all records for any domain or subdomain hosted within the account. Setting up a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, choosing the type from a drop-down menu, that is to be AAAA in this case, and then inserting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, in a text box. As an extra option you can modify the TTL value (Time To Live), which determines how long the record is going to be functioning after you edit it or remove it in the future. The new AAAA record will be active in just an hour and will propagate worldwide an hour or two later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start forwarding to the new web server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

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 within the Help section of your Hepsia website hosting CP 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 of your domain names and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as basic as selecting the one that you need and typing in the IPv6 address for it. This is achieved with no more than a couple of mouse clicks, so you can very easily forward any hostname to a different provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they provide. It's going to take seconds for the new record to be live and just about an hour for it to propagate world-wide, so you'll be done in no time. The other provider could 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 that you set for your record to take effect as the old value is still active.