AAAA is a domain name 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 each IP is made up of 4 sets of decimal digits ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. On the other hand, an IPv6 address includes eight groups of 4 hexadecimal digits - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason behind this transformation is the considerably smaller amount of unique IPs which the present system supports and the fast increase of devices which are connected to the Internet. An example of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you'd like to direct a domain name to a server which uses this sort of an address, you will need to create an AAAA record for it, and not the widely used A record, which is an IPv4 address. Both records have the same exact function, yet different notations are used, to separate the two forms of addresses.
AAAA Records in Hosting
If you use a service through a third-party company and you need to set up an AAAA record to direct a domain name or a subdomain to their system, you are going to be able to do that with just a few mouse clicks via the Hepsia CP, which comes with all our hosting solutions. Once you log in, you will need to navigate to the DNS Records section where you are going to find all of the records for any domain name or subdomain hosted within the account. Creating a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, selecting the type from a drop-down options menu, which will be AAAA in this case, and then entering the value, or the actual IPv6 address, in a text box. As an added option you could edit the TTL value (Time To Live), which determines how long the record is going to be active after you edit it or remove it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be working in no more than an hour and will propagate around the world a few hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start forwarding to the new server.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
When you've got a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need to create an AAAA record for a domain address you have hosted in it or a subdomain you've set up, it will take you just a few mouse clicks within the Hepsia Control Panel to do that. Even though you may have never had a hosting account before, you'll not experience any difficulties since you will use a very simple and easy-to-use interface. All of the DNS records for your domains will be listed in a section of the CP with the exact same name, so when you go there, you will see all records that have been created automatically or manually and you are going to be able to set up a new one by simply clicking on the corresponding button. A small pop-up shall appear, so with only a few mouse clicks you can select the type of record you need and for which domain or subdomain it will be set up. Next, just paste the IPv6 address in a text box, save the modification and an hour later the new AAAA record will be fully live. As an optional setting, you can select the length of time this record is going to be working after you modify it or erase it in the future. That is the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can change from the standard 3600 seconds in case the other company requires it.