Every single device that's connected to the world wide web has a special identifier named IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computer systems, web servers, smartphones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IPs, which was introduced originally, is already distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are gradually getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name which opens an internet site has an IP record, that is the address of the server where it is hosted. With the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it consists of 4 groups of numbers from 1 to 255 separated using a dot, while in the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it consists of 8 sets 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 is designed for a substantially greater number of IPs compared with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

If you are using a service with a third-party company and you've got to set up an AAAA record to point a domain or a subdomain to their system, you will be able to do that with a few clicks within the Hepsia CP, provided with all our shared hosting packages. When you log in, you need to visit the DNS Records section in which you will find all the records for every domain or subdomain hosted in the account. Creating a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, choosing the type from a drop-down options menu, that is to be AAAA in this case, and then entering the value, or the actual IPv6 address, in a text box. As an additional 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 will be live in no more than an hour and will propagate globally an hour or two later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start redirecting to the new hosting server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain address or a subdomain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company involves only a couple of simple steps, that you will be able to find within the Help section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel as well. You'll have to select 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. Creating the new AAAA record is as basic as picking out the one that you need and entering the IPv6 address for it. This is done with no more than a couple of mouse clicks, so you can quickly direct any hostname to a different company by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they supply. It takes mere seconds for the new record to be functioning and only around an hour for it to propagate worldwide, 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, that is different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature outlines how long it will take for any new value you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.