Every single device which is connected to the Internet has a specific identifier named IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computers, web servers, smart phones, switches, and so on. The pool of addresses, that was introduced at first, has already been distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are steadily being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain which opens a site has an IP record, that is the address of the server where it's hosted. Using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is comprised 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 type of records use digits from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F. A good example of an AAAA record is 2010:0c48:43d3:2142:1012:8c3a:2475:2435 and this format is designed for a substantially bigger number of IPs when compared with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting

If you use a service with a third-party provider and you have to create an AAAA record to direct a domain or a subdomain to their system, you'll be able to do that with just a few mouse clicks via the Hepsia Control Panel, included with our cloud website hosting solutions. When you log in, you need to go to the DNS Records section in which you will find all of the records for every domain or subdomain hosted within the account. Setting up a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, picking the type from a drop-down options menu, which will be AAAA in this case, and then inserting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, within a text box. As an additional option you can modify the TTL value (Time To Live), which outlines how long the record is functioning after you edit 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.