AAAA is a domain name record, that's basically the IPv6 address of the web server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the current IPv4 system in which every Internet protocol address is comprised of 4 groups of decimal numbers between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In contrast, an IPv6 address includes 8 groups of four hexadecimal digits - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason behind this change is the tremendously smaller number of unique IPs that the present system supports and the rapid increase of units which are connected to the Internet. A good example of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you need to forward a domain address to a web server that uses this kind of an address, you need to create an AAAA record for it, not the widespread A record, which is an IPv4 address. The 2 records deliver the very same function, yet different notations are used, to separate the two sorts of addresses.
AAAA Records in Shared Web Hosting
If you use a service with a third-party provider and you have to create an AAAA record to forward a domain name or a subdomain to their system, you're going to be able to do that with just a couple of mouse clicks within the Hepsia CP, which comes with our shared web hosting packages. Once you log in, you will need to visit the DNS Records section where you will find all the records for every domain address or subdomain hosted within the account. Setting up a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, choosing the type from a drop-down menu, which will be AAAA in this case, and then entering the value, or the actual IPv6 address, in a text box. As an extra option you can change the TTL value (Time To Live), that specifies how long the record is going to be active after you change it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record will be live in only an hour and will propagate worldwide a few hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start pointing to the new hosting server.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain address or a subdomain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company involves only a few very simple steps, which you will be able to find within the Help section of your Hepsia website hosting CP as well. You'll have to choose the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu where you will find your domain names and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as basic as selecting the one that you need and inputting the IPv6 address for it. This is done with no more than a few mouse clicks, so you can quickly point any hostname to a different provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they provide. It takes mere seconds for the new record to be working and only around an hour for it to propagate worldwide, so you will be done in no time. The other provider could also ask you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that's different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature reveals how long it will take for any new value that you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.