Every single device that's connected to the world wide web has a distinctive identifier called IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes personal computers, web servers, smartphones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IPs, which was introduced initially, has already been distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are steadily getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name that opens a site comes with an IP record, that is the address of the server where it's hosted. Using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is made up of 4 groups of numbers from 1 to 255 split up using a dot, while within the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it is made up of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this sort of records use digits 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 considerably bigger amount of IPs in comparison with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting

If you are using a service with a third-party company and you've got to set up an AAAA record to direct a domain address or a subdomain to their system, you're going to be able to do that with only a few mouse clicks via the Hepsia CP, included with all of our shared website hosting solutions. As soon as you sign in, you have to visit the DNS Records section where you will find all of the records for every domain address or subdomain hosted in the account. Creating a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, picking out the type from a drop-down options menu, that is to be AAAA in this case, and then inserting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, inside a text box. As an extra option you can change the TTL value (Time To Live), that determines how long the record will be functioning after you change it or remove it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be operating in just an hour and will propagate worldwide a few hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start forwarding to the new web server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you've got a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need to create an AAAA record for a domain name you have hosted in it or a subdomain you have created, it'll take you just a few mouse clicks within the Hepsia CP to accomplish this. In case you have never had a hosting account before, you'll not face any problems because you will use a very simple and easy-to-use interface. All DNS records for your domain addresses will be listed in a section of the CP with the same name, so when you go there, you will notice all records which have been set up automatically or manually and you'll be able to set up a new one by simply clicking the corresponding button. A small pop-up shall appear, so with a couple of mouse clicks you can select the type of record that you need and for which domain or subdomain it's going to be created. Next, just paste the IPv6 address within a text box, save the change and an hour later the new AAAA record is going to be fully functioning. As an optional setting, you may choose the time this record will be operating after you edit it or remove it in the future. This is the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can modify from the default 3600 seconds in case the other provider demands it.