Every device which is connected to the Internet has a distinctive identifier called IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes personal computers, web servers, smartphones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IP addresses, which was introduced initially, is already distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are gradually being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain that opens a site 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 is made up of four sets of numbers from 1 to 255 divided with a dot, while with the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it consists of 8 groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this type of records use numbers 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 is designed for a considerably larger amount of IPs when compared with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Shared Web Hosting

If you are using a service with a third-party service provider and you've got to create an AAAA record to direct a domain or a subdomain to their system, you are going to be able to do that with only a couple of clicks within the Hepsia CP, supplied with all our shared web hosting packages. Once you sign in, you have to proceed to the DNS Records section where you will find all records for every domain name or subdomain hosted in the account. Creating a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, picking the type from a drop-down options menu, which will be AAAA in this case, and then entering the value, or the actual IPv6 address, inside a text box. As an additional option you can change the TTL value (Time To Live), which specifies how long the record is active after you edit it or erase it in the future. The new AAAA record will be working in only an hour and will propagate around the world a couple of hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start directing to the new web server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you've got a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you have to create an AAAA record for a domain address you have hosted in it or a subdomain you have created, it will take you just a few clicks inside the Hepsia CP to do that. In case you have never had a hosting account before, you'll not face any troubles since you will use a very simple and user-friendly interface. All DNS records for your domain addresses are going to be listed in a section of the Control Panel with the exact same name, so once you go there, you will see all records that have been set up automatically or manually and you will be able to create a new one by simply clicking the corresponding button. A little pop-up shall appear, so with just a couple of clicks you can choose the type of record you require and for which domain name or subdomain it's going to be set up. After that, simply paste the IPv6 address within a text box, save the modification and 1 hour later the new AAAA record will be fully live. As an optional setting, you can choose the length of time this record shall be working after you modify it or remove it in the future. This is the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can change from the standard 3600 seconds in case the other provider requires it.