Every single device that is connected to the Internet has a distinctive identifier named IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computer systems, web servers, smartphones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IP addresses, which was introduced originally, has been distributed, therefore the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are slowly being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain that opens an internet site comes with an IP record, that is the address of the server where it is hosted. Using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it consists of 4 sets of numbers from 1 to 255 separated with a dot, while in the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it consists of 8 sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this sort of records use digits from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F. An illustration of an AAAA record is 2010:0c48:43d3:2142:1012:8c3a:2475:2435 and this format works with a considerably larger amount of IPs when compared with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

If you want to set up a new AAAA record a domain address or subdomain hosted within your cloud hosting account, it will not take you more than a few basic steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is extremely intuitive to use and is going to permit you to set up or edit every single record with ease. After you log in and navigate to the DNS Records section, in which you'll discover all current records for your domain names and subdomains, you'll just have to click the "New" button, pick out AAAA from a small drop-down options menu inside the pop-up that'll appear, enter or paste the required IPv6 address and save the change - it is as basic as that. The new record will be 100% live within only 1 hour and the hostname which you have created it for will start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If needed, you will also be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which signifies the time in seconds that the new record will be active after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply remove it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

As our sophisticated cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you are going to be able to create one with ease for any domain name or subdomain you host inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record is going to propagate within the hour, so that you could start using the services of any other provider you direct the domain/subdomain to in no time. You are able to create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting CP where you will also find all other records that were created automatically or you have created manually in the past. The set up of the new AAAA record is as basic as selecting the needed Internet domain or subdomain and the AAAA type from simple drop-down menus, entering the IPv6 address within a text box and saving the change. You will be able to change the record at any time if required. In case the other company needs a specific TTL value for the new record, you'll be able to edit this setting also. The Time To Live option specifies how long an existing record will keep working after you modify it or erase it and the time is in seconds.