AAAA is a domain record, which is basically the IPv6 address of the web server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the present IPv4 system where each and every IP address comprises of 4 groups of decimal digits ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In comparison, an IPv6 address has 8 groups of four hexadecimal numbers - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason behind this change is the substantially smaller number of unique IPs which the existing system supports and the speedy increase of devices which are connected to the world wide web. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you want to forward a domain to a web server that uses such an address, you will need to set up an AAAA record for it, not the commonly used A record, that is an IPv4 address. The two records have the very same function, yet different notations are used, to differentiate the two sorts of addresses.
AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting
If you use a service through a third-party company and you've got to create an AAAA record to forward a domain name or a subdomain to their system, you are going to be able to do that with just a couple of mouse clicks through the Hepsia CP, included with all of our cloud hosting packages. As soon as you log in, you have to navigate to the DNS Records section where you are going to find all records for any domain name or subdomain hosted inside the account. Creating a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, picking the type from a drop-down menu, that 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), that defines how long the record will be live after you edit it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record will be operating in just an hour and will propagate globally a couple of hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start redirecting to the new web server.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain name or a subdomain hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company includes only a few very easy steps, which you'll be able to find in the Help section of your Hepsia hosting CP as well. You'll have to pick the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu where you will find all your domain addresses and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as simple as choosing the one that you need and inputting the IPv6 address for it. This is done with no more than a few mouse clicks, so you can easily direct any hostname to a different company by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they offer. It takes just a few seconds for the new record to be live and only about an hour for it to propagate world-wide, so you will be done in no time. The other company could also require you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, which is different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature determines how long it will take for any new value you set for your record to take effect as the old value is still active.