An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address within the newly launched IPv6 format and it is made up of 8 sets of hexadecimal digits, unlike the IPv4 IPs, which feature 4 groups of numbers between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the number of IPs that could be created is many times greater than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain name has its website hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this unique record informs the domain address where the Internet site for it is. Depending on the system the provider uses, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record enables you to host your site with one provider and your emails with another, so if you decide to use this type of redirection to point a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will have to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting

If you wish to use a domain name or a subdomain which you have within a cloud website hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you need to set up an AAAA record for that, it will not take you more than only a few clicks to do this through our amazing, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. When you navigate to the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a compact pop-up will appear. This is the place where you could set up any DNS record, so you only have to pick the needed domain address or subdomain and the type of record from drop-down menus and input the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. In case you have no experience with such matters, you won't have any difficulties as Hepsia is extremely user-friendly and your new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using your domain/subdomain with the other company. Provided they require it, you're also going to be able to modify the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, defining how long it will stay active in the global DNS system after you change it or erase it.