AAAA is a domain address record, which is essentially the IPv6 address of the web server where the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the present IPv4 system in which each and every IP address is comprised of four groups of decimal numbers which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. On the other hand, an IPv6 address includes 8 groups of four hexadecimal numbers - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The main reason for this transformation is the tremendously smaller number of unique IPs the present system supports and also the fast increase of units which are connected to the Internet. An illustration of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you wish to direct a domain to a web server which uses such an address, you will have to create an AAAA record for it, not the commonly used A record, that is an IPv4 address. Both records provide the exact same function, yet different notations are used, to differentiate the two types of addresses.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

The highly developed Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, included with our shared hosting, will allow you to create a new AAAA record without difficulty. When you are in the account and you navigate to the DNS Records section, you will discover all records that you have for every hosted domain address or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to pick the domain/subdomain in question, pick AAAA then simply type in or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We've got a step-by-step guide in case you have never created records for your domain addresses, but it is unlikely that you will need it as Hepsia is much simpler to use compared with other Control Panels available on the market. Within an hour your new record is going to be working and your domain name shall start resolving to the servers of the other company. There's also an option to edit the TTL value, which determines how long this record is going to be working if you edit it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value that the other company may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need to set up an AAAA record for a domain address you have hosted in it or a subdomain you have set up, it'll take you just a few mouse clicks inside the Hepsia CP to achieve that. In case you have never had a website hosting account before, you'll not face any difficulties as you will use a very simple and intuitive interface. All the DNS records for your domains will be listed in a section of the CP with the exact same name, so as soon as you go there, you will notice all records that have been set up automatically or manually and you will be able to set up a new one by clicking on the corresponding button. A compact pop-up will appear, so with only several clicks you can select the type of record you need and for which domain or subdomain it'll be created. After that, simply paste the IPv6 address inside a text box, save the modification and 1 hour later the new AAAA record is going to be 100% live. As an optional setting, you can choose how long this record shall be active after you edit it or remove it in the future. That's the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can modify from the standard 3600 seconds if the other service provider requires it.