Every single device that is connected to the web has a specific identifier referred to as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computer systems, web servers, smartphones, switches, and so on. The pool of IP addresses, that was introduced at first, has already been distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are progressively getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name which opens a website 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 is made up of four groups of numbers from 1 to 255 split up by a dot, while in the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it is comprised of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this kind of records use digits from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F. An illustration of an AAAA record is 2010:0c48:43d3:2142:1012:8c3a:2475:2435 and this format can handle a significantly bigger number of IPs in comparison with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

If you are using a service with a third-party service provider and you need to set up an AAAA record to point a domain or a subdomain to their system, you are going to be able to do that with only a few mouse clicks through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with all of our shared hosting packages. When you log in, you have to proceed to the DNS Records section in which you are going to find all records for every domain address or subdomain hosted inside the account. Creating a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, choosing the type from a drop-down menu, that will be AAAA in this case, and then inserting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, within a text box. As an extra option you are able to change the TTL value (Time To Live), that determines how long the record is going to be functioning after you change it or erase it in the future. The new AAAA record will be live in just 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 web server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain name or a subdomain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company includes only a couple of very simple steps, which you'll be able to find within the Help section of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel as well. You'll need to pick 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. Setting up the new AAAA record is as easy as selecting the one that you need and inputting the IPv6 address for it. This is achieved with no more than several clicks, so you can easily direct any hostname to a different company by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they provide. It takes mere seconds for the new record to be live and only around an hour for it to propagate globally, so you will be done in no time. The other provider can also ask you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that is different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature reveals how long it will take for any new value which you set for your record to take effect as the old value is still active.