Every single device that is connected to the world wide web has a specific identifier named IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computers, web servers, smart phones, switches, and so on. The pool of IPs, that was introduced at first, has been distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are slowly getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name that opens an internet site has an IP record, which is the address of the server where it is hosted. 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 with the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it is comprised of eight sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this sort of records use numbers from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F. An example of an AAAA record is 2010:0c48:43d3:2142:1012:8c3a:2475:2435 and this format supports a considerably larger amount of IPs compared with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting

In order to use a domain name or a subdomain which you have in a cloud website hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you ought to create an AAAA record for that, it will not take you more than a few clicks to do that using our highly effective, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. Once you visit the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a little pop-up will show up. This is the area where you can set up any DNS record, so you simply have to select the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record through drop-down options menu and type in the IPv6 address, that is the actual record. Just in case you have zero experience with such matters, you will not have any problems as Hepsia is quite intuitive and your new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using your domain/subdomain with the other service provider. Provided they demand it, you will also be able to change the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, outlining how long it's going to stay active in the global DNS system after you edit it or erase it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain address or a subdomain hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company involves a few very simple steps, which you will be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel as well. You will have to select the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu in which you will find your domain addresses and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as easy as choosing the one that you need and inputting the IPv6 address for it. This is done with no more than a couple of clicks, so you can very easily direct any hostname to a different service provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they provide. It's going to take seconds for the new record to be working and just around an hour for it to propagate globally, so you'll be done in no time. The other company could also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that's different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature determines how long it will take for any new value that you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.