AAAA is a domain address record, which is essentially the IPv6 address of the server where the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the existing IPv4 system in which each IP comprises of four sets of decimal digits ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. On the other hand, an IPv6 address has eight sets of four hexadecimal digits - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The main reason for this change is the considerably smaller range of unique IPs that the current system supports and also the fast increase of gadgets that are connected to the Internet. An example of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you need to direct a domain to a machine which uses such an address, you will have to set up an AAAA record for it, not the widespread A record, that is an IPv4 address. The two records have the exact same function, but different notations are used, so as to differentiate the two forms of addresses.
AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting
If you want to create a new AAAA record a domain address or subdomain hosted in your cloud hosting account, it will not take you more than a couple of easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is quite intuitive to use and is going to permit you to set up or modify any record without difficulty. After you sign in and navigate to the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all current records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you will just have to click the "New" button, pick AAAA from a small drop-down options menu in the pop-up which will appear, type or paste the necessary IPv6 address and save the modification - it's as simple as that. The new record is going to be 100% active within a maximum of an hour and the hostname you have created it for is going to start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. When required, you are also going to be able to change the TTL (Time To Live) value, which indicates the time in seconds that the new record will be active after you eventually change it to something different or you simply remove it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
In case you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you ought to set up an AAAA record for a domain address you have hosted in it or a subdomain you've created, it is going to take you only a few clicks in the Hepsia CP to achieve that. Even though you may have never had a hosting account before, you'll not encounter any troubles since you will use a very simple and intuitive interface. All the DNS records for your domain names are going to be listed in a section of the CP with the exact same name, so when you go there, you will notice all records that have been created automatically or manually and you'll be able to create a new one by simply clicking the corresponding button. A small pop-up shall appear, so with just several mouse clicks you can choose the type of record that you need and for which domain name or subdomain it will be created. Then, just paste the IPv6 address inside a text box, save the change and one hour later the new AAAA record is going to be completely functioning. As an optional setting, you can select the length of time this record shall be functioning after you change it or delete it in the future. That's 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 company requires it.