Each device that's connected to the world wide web has a special identifier called IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computer systems, web servers, smartphones, switches, etc. The pool of IPs, that was introduced at first, has been distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are slowly getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name that opens a website has an IP record, which is the address of the server where it's hosted. When using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it consists of four groups of numbers from 1 to 255 split up using a dot, while in the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it comprises of 8 groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this kind of records use digits from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F. An example of an AAAA record is 2010:0c48:43d3:2142:1012:8c3a:2475:2435 and this format works with a significantly larger amount of IPs than the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Web Hosting

If you'd like to create a new AAAA record for any domain name or subdomain hosted inside your web hosting account, it won't take you more than a few basic steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is very intuitive to use and it'll allow you to create or change every single record with ease. As soon as you log in and navigate to the DNS Records section, where you can find all current records for your domain names and subdomains, you'll just have to click on the "New" button, choose AAAA from a small drop-down options menu within the pop-up that will appear, type or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the change - it is as basic as that. The new record is going to be fully functioning within only an hour and the hostname which you have created it for is going to start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. If necessary, you will also be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which shows the time in seconds which the new record will be live after you eventually edit it to something different or you simply erase it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need to set up an AAAA record for a domain address you have hosted in it or a subdomain you've set up, it'll take you just a few mouse clicks inside the Hepsia CP to do that. Even when you have never had a hosting account before, you won't encounter any troubles because you will use a very simple and easy-to-use interface. All of the DNS records for your domain addresses are going to be listed in a section of the CP with the exact same name, so once you go there, you will notice all records that have been created automatically or manually and you'll be able to set up a new one by simply clicking on the corresponding button. A little pop-up will appear, so with just a couple of mouse clicks you can select the type of record that you need and for which Internet domain or subdomain it will be set up. Next, just paste the IPv6 address in a text box, save the change and 1 hour later the new AAAA record is going to be completely active. As an optional setting, you can pick how long this record will be operating after you modify it or remove it in the future. That is the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can modify from the standard 3600 seconds in case the other service provider needs it.