An AAAA record is an IP address in the freshly released IPv6 format and it is made up of eight different sets of hexadecimal numbers, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which include four groups of numbers in between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the amount of IPs which can be created is many times bigger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every single domain name has its hosting server IP as a record and in essence, this unique record informs the domain where the website for it is located. Depending on the system which the service provider employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your site with one provider and your emails with another, so if you choose to use this sort of redirection to forward a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will have to set up an AAAA record for it.
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 forward a domain or a subdomain to their system, you'll be able to do that with a few mouse clicks through the Hepsia Control Panel, provided with our shared hosting plans. As soon as you sign in, you need to proceed to the DNS Records section in which you will find all of the records for every domain or subdomain hosted within the account. Setting up a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, picking out the type from a drop-down options menu, that is to be AAAA in this case, and then inserting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, inside a text box. As an added option you can modify the TTL value (Time To Live), that outlines how long the record is live after you modify it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be working in only an hour and will propagate around the world two or three hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start pointing to the new server.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain address or a subdomain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company involves only a couple of really easy steps, which you'll be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia 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 where you will find your domain names and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as easy as choosing the one that you need and typing in the IPv6 address for it. This is accomplished with no more than a few mouse clicks, so you can easily forward any hostname to a different company by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they supply. It's going to take mere seconds for the new record to be active and only 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 default one - 3600 seconds. This feature determines how long it will take for any new value that you set for your record to take effect as the old value is still active.