An AAAA record is an IP address within the recently introduced IPv6 format and it consists of eight different groups of hexadecimal digits, unlike the IPv4 IPs, which include 4 sets of numbers between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the number of IPs that may be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every single domain name has its web hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this unique record instructs the domain address where the website for it is located. Depending on the system which the company employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your site with one provider and your e-mails with another, so if you choose to use this kind of redirection to forward a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

In order to use a domain or a subdomain which you have inside a shared hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you ought to create an AAAA record for that, it won't take you more than a few clicks to do this by using our amazing, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. As soon as you navigate to the DNS Records section and then click the Create a New Record button, a little pop-up will appear. This is the spot where you could create any DNS record, so you simply have to choose the needed domain address or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down menus and type in the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. Even if you have zero experience with such matters, you'll not have any troubles as Hepsia is very intuitive and your new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using your domain/subdomain with the other provider. In case they require it, you are also going to be able to change the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, defining how long it'll remain active in the global DNS system after you modify it or remove it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Creating a new AAAA record for a domain address or a subdomain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company involves only a couple of very simple steps, which you'll be able to find within the Help section of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel as well. You will have to select the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu where you will find your domains and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as simple as picking out the one that you need and entering the IPv6 address for it. This is achieved with no more than several clicks, so you can easily point any hostname to a different provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they supply. It's going to take seconds for the new record to be working and just around an hour for it to propagate worldwide, so you will be done in no time. The other service provider can also ask you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that is different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature shows how long it will take for any new value which you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.