AAAA is a domain name record, which is essentially the IPv6 address of the server where the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the present IPv4 system in which every single IP address consists of four sets of decimal numbers which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. On the other hand, an IPv6 address features eight sets of 4 hexadecimal numbers - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The cause of this change is the tremendously smaller amount of unique IPs which the existing system supports and the speedy increase of gadgets which are connected to the world wide web. 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 machine that uses this sort of an address, you have to create an AAAA record for it, not the commonly used A record, which is an IPv4 address. The two records provide the very same function, but 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 provider and you've got to create an AAAA record to forward a domain address or a subdomain to their system, you're going to be able to do that with only a couple of mouse clicks via the Hepsia Control Panel, supplied with our cloud hosting packages. Once you log in, you need to navigate to the DNS Records section where you will find all of the records for any domain name or subdomain hosted inside the account. Setting up a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, picking the type from a drop-down menu, which will be AAAA in this case, and then inputting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, in a text box. As an added option you could modify the TTL value (Time To Live), that outlines how long the record will be live after you change it or erase it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be operating in no more than an hour and will propagate worldwide a few hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start redirecting to the new server.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain or a subdomain hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company involves only a couple of very simple steps, which you'll be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia website hosting CP as well. You'll have to choose the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu in which you will find all your domain addresses 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 done with no more than a few clicks, so you can effortlessly direct any hostname to a different company by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they provide. It takes seconds for the new record to be live and only around an hour for it to propagate around the globe, so you'll be done in no time. The other service provider can also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, which is different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature outlines how long it will take for any new value which you set for your record to take effect as the old value is still active.