An AAAA record is an IP address within the newly presented IPv6 format and it comprises of eight different sets of hexadecimal numbers, unlike the IPv4 IPs, which include four groups of digits in between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the number of IPs which can be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each domain name has its web hosting server IP as a record and in essence, this unique record instructs the domain where the site for it is located. Depending on the system that the company uses, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record permits you to host your website with one company and your e-mails with a different one, 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 need to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

If you use a service with a third-party company and you've got to set up an AAAA record to point a domain or a subdomain to their system, you'll be able to do that with only a few mouse clicks via the Hepsia CP, which comes with all of our cloud hosting solutions. After you log in, you need to go to the DNS Records section where you will find all records for any domain address or subdomain hosted within the account. Setting up a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, choosing the type from a drop-down options menu, that is to be AAAA in this case, and then inserting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, within a text box. As an added option you can change the TTL value (Time To Live), which defines how long the record will be functioning after you edit it or remove it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be live in only an hour and will propagate worldwide an hour or two later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start directing to the new server.