AAAA is a domain address record, that is in essence 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 in which every IP address consists of four sets of decimal numbers which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. However, an IPv6 address features eight groups of four hexadecimal digits - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason for this modification is the tremendously smaller number of unique IPs that the present system supports and the rapid increase of units which are connected to the Internet. A good example of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you need to point a domain to a machine which uses this sort of an address, you will have to set up an AAAA record for it, and not the commonly used A record, that is an IPv4 address. The 2 records have the same exact function, but different notations are used, to differentiate the two types of addresses.
AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting
If you want to set up a new AAAA record for any domain name or subdomain hosted inside your cloud hosting account, it is not going to take you more than several easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is rather intuitive to use and is going to allow you to create or modify every record effortlessly. When you log in and go to the DNS Records section, in which you'll discover all existing records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you'll simply have to click on the "New" button, pick out AAAA from a small drop-down options menu in the pop-up which will show up, enter or paste the required IPv6 address and save the modification - it's as simple as that. The new record will be fully live within only 1 hour and the hostname which you have created it for is going to start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. If required, you will also be able to change the TTL (Time To Live) value, which shows the time in seconds which the new record will be live after you eventually change it to something different or you simply delete it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
As our innovative cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you will be able to create one without difficulty for every domain name or subdomain that you host inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, so you can start using the services of any other company you direct the domain/subdomain to in no time. You can create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting CP where you will also find all the other records that were set up automatically or you have set up manually previously. The creation of the new AAAA record is as simple as picking out the needed domain name or subdomain and the AAAA type via simple drop-down menus, entering the IPv6 address in a text box and saving the modification. You'll be able to edit the record at any time if necessary. Assuming the other company requires a certain TTL value for the new record, you'll be able to modify this setting also. The Time To Live option specifies how long an existing record will keep operating after you modify it or erase it and the time is in seconds.