An AAAA record is an IP address within the freshly presented IPv6 format and it comprises of eight sets of hexadecimal numbers, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, that include four groups of digits between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the amount of IPs that could be created is many times greater 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 instructs the domain address where the Internet site for it is located. Depending on the system which the company employs, the record is going to 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 such a redirection to point a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will need to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

In order to use a domain or a subdomain you have inside a cloud hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you have to create an AAAA record for that, it will not take you more than a few clicks to do this through our highly effective, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia CP. After you go to the DNS Records section and then click the Create a New Record button, a small pop-up will show up. This is the area where you can create any DNS record, so you simply have to select the needed domain name or subdomain and the type of record from drop-down navigation and input the IPv6 address, that is the actual record. If you happen to have zero experience with such matters, you'll not have any troubles as Hepsia is extremely intuitive and the new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using your domain/subdomain with the other provider. In case they demand it, you're also going to be able to edit the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it'll stay active in the global DNS system after you modify it or delete it.