AAAA is a domain record, that is basically the IPv6 address of the web server where the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the current IPv4 system in which each and every Internet protocol address comprises of four sets of decimal numbers which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. On the other hand, an IPv6 address features eight groups of 4 hexadecimal digits - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The cause of this change is the considerably smaller selection of unique IPs the present system supports as well as the speedy increase of gadgets that are connected to the world wide web. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you need to direct a domain to a web server which uses this type of an address, you will need to set up an AAAA record for it, and not the commonly used A record, that is an IPv4 address. The two records have the exact same function, but different notations are used, in order to identify the two sorts of addresses.
AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting
If you want to create a new AAAA record a domain name or subdomain hosted in your shared website hosting account, it will not take you more than a couple of basic steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is quite intuitive to use and it'll allow you to set up or modify any record easily. Once you log in and visit the DNS Records section, where you can find all existing records for your domain names and subdomains, you'll just have to click on the "New" button, select AAAA from a small drop-down menu within the pop-up which will appear, type or paste the necessary IPv6 address and save the modification - it's as easy as that. The new record is going to be 100% working within no more than 1 hour and the hostname you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If required, you will also be able to change the TTL (Time To Live) value, which indicates the time in seconds which the new record will be active after you eventually edit it to something different or you simply erase it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
In case you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need to create an AAAA record for a domain name you have hosted in it or a subdomain you have set up, it is going to take you only a few mouse clicks in the Hepsia Control Panel to achieve that. Even when you have never had a hosting account before, you won't experience any troubles since you will use a very simple and easy-to-use interface. All the DNS records for your domain names will be listed in a section of the CP with the same name, so when you go there, you will see all records that have been set up automatically or manually and you are going to be able to create a new one by simply clicking on the corresponding button. A small pop-up shall appear, so with only several clicks you can pick the type of record you need and for which domain name or subdomain it's going to be set up. After that, simply paste the IPv6 address in a text box, save the modification and 1 hour later the new AAAA record will be fully active. As an optional setting, you can select the length of time this record shall be working after you modify it or erase it in the future. This is the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can modify from the default 3600 seconds in case the other provider requires it.