Every device that is connected to the world wide web has a distinctive identifier called IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes PCs, web servers, smart phones, switches, etc. The pool of IPs, that was introduced originally, is already distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are steadily being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain that opens an internet site has an IP record, that is the address of the server where it is hosted. When using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is made up of four groups of numbers from 1 to 255 divided using a dot, while with the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it comprises of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this sort of records use digits from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F. A good example of an AAAA record is 2010:0c48:43d3:2142:1012:8c3a:2475:2435 and this format can handle a substantially greater amount of IPs when compared with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

If you'd like to use a domain address or a subdomain which you have inside a cloud hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you ought to create an AAAA record for that, it is not going to take you more than only a few mouse clicks to do this by using our amazing, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia CP. Once 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 place where you can set up any DNS record, so you simply have to select the needed domain name or subdomain and the type of record from drop-down options menu and input the IPv6 address, which is the actual record. In case you have zero experience with such matters, you won't have any issues as Hepsia is incredibly intuitive and your new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, so that you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other company. In case they demand it, you will also be able to change the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it is going to stay active in the global DNS system after you edit it or remove it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you have to set up an AAAA record for a domain name you have hosted in it or a subdomain you've set up, it'll take you only a few mouse clicks in the Hepsia Control Panel to do that. Even though you may have never had a hosting account before, you'll not encounter any issues as you will use a very simple and intuitive interface. All of the DNS records for your domains are going to be listed in a section of the CP with the exact same name, so once you go there, you will notice all records which have been set up automatically or manually and you'll be able to create a new one by clicking on the corresponding button. A small pop-up will appear, so with a couple of mouse clicks you can pick the type of record you require and for which Internet domain or subdomain it'll be set up. After that, simply paste the IPv6 address inside a text box, save the modification and 1 hour later the new AAAA record is going to be fully functioning. As an optional setting, you can select the time this record is going to be operating after you modify it or remove it in the future. That's the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can modify from the default 3600 seconds when the other service provider demands it.