AAAA is a domain address record, which is in essence the IPv6 address of the web server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the existing IPv4 system where each IP address comprises of 4 sets of decimal numbers which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. However, an IPv6 address includes eight sets of 4 hexadecimal numbers - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The cause of this transformation is the substantially smaller amount of unique IPs that the current system supports and also the speedy increase of gadgets that are connected to the world wide web. A good example of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you need to forward a domain to a web server that uses such an address, you will need to create an AAAA record for it, and not the widespread A record, that is an IPv4 address. The 2 records have the very same function, yet different notations are used, in order to separate the two types of addresses.
AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting
If you wish to use a domain name or a subdomain that you have within a shared website hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you have to set up an AAAA record for that, it will not take you more than just a few mouse clicks to do that through our highly effective, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia CP. After you visit the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a little pop-up will show up. This is the area in which you can create any DNS record, so you simply have to select the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record through drop-down options menu and type in the IPv6 address, that is the actual record. In case you have no experience with such matters, you will not have any problems as Hepsia is extremely user-friendly and your new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using your domain/subdomain with the other company. Provided they demand it, you will also be able to change the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, outlining how long it's going to remain active in the global DNS system after you edit it or remove it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Setting up a new AAAA record is quite easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you want such a record either for it or for a subdomain which you have set up under it, you'll be able to create it in a few rather simple steps and with no hassle. Hepsia has a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain names where you can find all current records or create new ones with a few clicks. All it takes to achieve that is to pick the domain/subdomain you need to modify, choose AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and enter the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address that the other provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the modification, the newly created record is going to propagate worldwide and your domain address will start directing to the third-party hosting server. If they need it, you may also change the TTL value, which outlines the time this record is going to be functioning with its current value before a new one kicks in if you make any adjustments in the future.