An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address within the freshly introduced IPv6 format and it comprises of eight different sets of hexadecimal digits, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which include 4 sets of numbers in between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the number of IPs that could be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every single domain name has its website hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, that record instructs the domain address where the site for it can be found. Depending on the system which the service provider uses, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record permits you to host your site with one company and your emails with a different one, so if you choose to use such a redirection to forward a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will have to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting

The cutting-edge Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, included with our cloud website hosting, will allow you to create a new AAAA record without difficulty. Once you are within the account and you navigate to the DNS Records section, you'll find all records that you have for any hosted domain name or a subdomain under it. All it takes to set up the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to select the domain/subdomain in question, choose AAAA and then just type or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We've got a step-by-step guide if you have never created records for your domain addresses, but it is extremely unlikely that you will need it as Hepsia is much simpler to employ compared with other Control Panels on the market. Within an hour your new record is going to be live and your domain address will start resolving to the servers of the other company. There is also an option to edit the TTL value, which determines how long this record is going to be working if you modify it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value the other provider may require.