AAAA is a domain name record, that is basically the IPv6 address of the server in which the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the present IPv4 system in which each and every IP is made up of 4 groups of decimal numbers ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In comparison, an IPv6 address includes eight sets of 4 hexadecimal numbers - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason behind this transformation is the substantially smaller selection of unique IPs the current system supports and the rapid increase of units which are connected to the world wide web. An example of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you need to forward a domain to a server which uses such an address, you will have to create an AAAA record for it, and not the widespread A record, that is an IPv4 address. Both records provide the same exact function, yet different notations are used, so as to separate the two sorts of addresses.
AAAA Records in Shared Hosting
If you use a service through a third-party service provider and you have to set up an AAAA record to forward a domain name or a subdomain to their system, you'll be able to do that with a few clicks in the Hepsia CP, supplied with our shared hosting solutions. As soon as you log in, you will need to navigate to the DNS Records section where you are going to find all the records for every domain address or subdomain hosted inside the account. Setting up a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, picking out the type from a drop-down menu, which will be AAAA in this case, and then inserting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, inside a text box. As an added option you are able to edit the TTL value (Time To Live), which determines how long the record will 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 around the world an hour or two later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start directing to the new hosting server.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Creating a new AAAA record for a domain address or a subdomain hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company involves only a few very easy steps, which you'll be able to find within the Help section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel as well. You'll have to choose the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu in which you will find your domains and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as easy as picking out the one that you need and inputting the IPv6 address for it. This is achieved with no more than a few clicks, so you can very easily direct any hostname to a different company by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they supply. It's going to take seconds for the new record to be live and only about an hour for it to propagate worldwide, so you'll be done in no time. The other company could also ask you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, which is different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature shows 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.