Each device that's connected to the world wide web has a unique identifier known as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes personal computers, web servers, smart phones, switches, etc. The pool of IP addresses, that was introduced initially, has already been distributed, therefore the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are slowly getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain which opens a website 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 consists of 4 sets of numbers from 1 to 255 divided using a dot, while with the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it is made up of 8 groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this sort of records use digits 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 can handle a considerably bigger number of IPs than the IPv4 format.
AAAA Records in Shared Hosting
If you want to use a domain name or a subdomain you have inside a shared hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you need to create an AAAA record for that, it will not take you more than a few clicks to do that via our highly effective, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. Once you navigate to the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a compact pop-up will show up. This is the spot where you can create any DNS record, so you just have to pick the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down menus and input the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. In case you have no experience with such matters, you will not have any troubles as Hepsia is quite user-friendly and your new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, so you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other provider. In case they require it, you'll also be able to change the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it will remain active in the global DNS system after you edit it or delete it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Setting up a new AAAA record is quite easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain name in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you want such a record either for it or for a subdomain which you have set up under it, you're going to be able to create it in just a few simple steps and with no hassle. Hepsia includes a section devoted to the DNS records of your domains in which you can find all current records or create new ones with several mouse clicks. All it takes to achieve that is to choose the domain/subdomain you want to modify, choose AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and enter the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address which the other company has given you. Within an hour after you save the modification, the new record will propagate world-wide and your Internet domain will start directing to the third-party hosting server. If they need it, you can even modify the TTL value, which shows the time this record shall be operating with its existing value before a new one takes over if you make any changes in the future.