Every device which is connected to the world wide web has a special identifier known as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computers, web servers, smartphones, switches, and so on. The pool of addresses, that was introduced initially, has been distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are slowly getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain that opens a site comes with 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 four sets of numbers from 1 to 255 separated using a dot, while in the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it consists of 8 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 bigger number of IPs than the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting

If you want to set up a new AAAA record for any domain address or subdomain hosted within your cloud website hosting account, it will not take you more than a few simple steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is extremely intuitive to use and is going to allow you to set up or change any record effortlessly. When you sign in and navigate to the DNS Records section, in which you'll discover all existing records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you'll just have to click on the "New" button, select AAAA from a small drop-down menu in the pop-up which will show up, input or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the change - it's as basic as that. The new record will be fully live within only 1 hour and the hostname that you have created it for is going to start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. When required, you are also going to be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which signifies the time in seconds which the new record will be active after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply delete it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain name or a subdomain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company involves only a few very easy steps, that you will be able to find within the Help section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel as well. You will have to pick the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu where you will find all your domain names and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as easy as selecting the one that you need and typing in the IPv6 address for it. This is accomplished with no more than several mouse clicks, so you can quickly point any hostname to a different provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they offer. It will take seconds for the new record to be live and just about an hour for it to propagate worldwide, so you will be done in no time. The other provider may also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that's different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature shows how long it will take for any new value which you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.