Every device which is connected to the web has a special identifier known as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computer systems, web servers, smart phones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IP addresses, that was introduced initially, has been distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are slowly being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain that opens a site comes with an IP record, which is the address of the server where it's hosted. When using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it consists of 4 sets of numbers from 1 to 255 separated with a dot, while in the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it is made up of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this type 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 considerably greater number of IPs than the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Cloud Web Hosting

If you need to create a new AAAA record a domain address or subdomain hosted inside your cloud web hosting account, it is not going to take you more than a few simple steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is very intuitive to use and it will permit you to create or change every record effortlessly. As soon as you sign in and visit the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all current records for your domain names and subdomains, you will just have to click the "New" button, select AAAA from a small drop-down options menu in the pop-up which will show up, input or paste the necessary IPv6 address and save the change - it's as simple as that. The new record shall be 100% working within a maximum of one hour and the hostname you have created it for is going to start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. When required, you'll also be able to change the TTL (Time To Live) value, which signifies the time in seconds the new record will be functioning after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply erase it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Creating a new AAAA record is very easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting CP, so if you host a domain within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you have set up under it, you will be able to create it within a few rather simple steps and with no hassle. Hepsia has a section devoted to the DNS records of your domain addresses in which you can find all existing records or create new ones with a few clicks. All it takes to achieve that is to select the domain/subdomain you want to edit, select AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and type the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address that the other provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the new record will propagate world-wide and your Internet domain will start forwarding to the third-party server. If they demand it, you can even edit the TTL value, which outlines the time this record shall be active with its existing value before a new one takes over if you make any changes in the future.