Every device that is connected to the web has a distinctive identifier named IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computer systems, web servers, smartphones, switches, and so on. The pool of addresses, that was introduced initially, is already distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are gradually being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name which opens an internet 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 comprises of 4 groups of numbers from 1 to 255 separated using a dot, while with the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it is comprised of 8 sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this sort of records use numbers 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 supports a considerably greater amount of IPs in comparison with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting

If you need to set up a new AAAA record for any domain or subdomain hosted within your cloud website hosting account, it won't take you more than several simple steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is extremely intuitive to use and it'll allow you to create or edit every single record without difficulty. As soon as you log in and go to the DNS Records section, where you can find all present records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you will only have to click the "New" button, pick AAAA from a small drop-down options menu inside the pop-up which will appear, enter or paste the necessary IPv6 address and save the change - it is as simple as that. The new record will be fully active within a maximum of 1 hour and the hostname you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other company. When required, you are also going to be able to modify the TTL (Time To Live) value, which shows the time in seconds that the new record will be active after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply erase it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

As our state-of-the-art cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you will be able to create one without difficulty for every domain name or subdomain that you host in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record is going to propagate within the hour, so that you can start using the services of any other company you forward the domain/subdomain to in no time. You could create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel in which you will also find all the other records that were created automatically or you have created manually before. The creation of the new AAAA record is as basic as picking the needed domain or subdomain and the AAAA type through simple drop-down menus, typing the IPv6 address in a text box and saving the change. You're going to be able to edit the record anytime if needed. In case the other company needs a particular TTL value for the new record, you will be able to modify this setting too. The Time To Live option specifies how long an existing record will keep operating after you modify it or erase it and the time is in seconds.