An AAAA record is an IP address in the newly launched IPv6 format and it comprises of eight sets of hexadecimal digits, unlike the IPv4 IPs, which feature 4 sets of digits in between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the sheer number of IPs that could be created is many times greater than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each domain name has its hosting server Internet protocol as a record and in essence, this record informs the domain name where the website for it is located. Depending on the system the provider uses, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record permits you to host your site with one provider and your e-mails with another, so if you decide to use this type of redirection to forward a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will have to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

If you are using a service through a third-party company and you have to create an AAAA record to forward a domain address or a subdomain to their system, you are going to be able to do that with only a few clicks via the Hepsia CP, provided with our cloud hosting plans. After you sign in, you need to proceed to the DNS Records section where you will find all records for every domain 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 typing the value, or the actual IPv6 address, in a text box. As an extra option you could edit the TTL value (Time To Live), which determines how long the record will be live after you change it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record will be operating in no more than an hour and will propagate around the world a few hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start pointing to the new server.