An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address in the newly presented IPv6 format and it is comprised of 8 groups of hexadecimal digits, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which include four sets of digits in between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the sheer number of IPs which can be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain has its hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, that record instructs the domain address where the Internet site for it is located. Depending on the system the service provider uses, 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 decide to use this sort of redirection to forward a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will need to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

If you wish to use a domain address or a subdomain that you have in a cloud hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you have to set up an AAAA record for that, it is not going to take you more than just a few mouse clicks to do that by using our highly effective, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. As soon as you go to the DNS Records section and click the Create a New Record button, a little pop-up will show up. This is the area in which you can create any DNS record, so you just have to choose the needed domain name or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down options menu and input the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. In case you have no experience with such matters, you will not have any issues as Hepsia is incredibly intuitive and the new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, so that you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other provider. Provided they demand it, you are also going to be able to edit the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, defining how long it's going to remain active in the global DNS system after you edit it or remove it.