AAAA is a domain record, which is basically the IPv6 address of the web server where the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was introduced to replace the existing IPv4 system in which each IP consists of four groups of decimal digits ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In contrast, an IPv6 address has 8 groups of four hexadecimal digits - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason for this transformation is the substantially smaller selection of unique IPs which the current system supports as well as the rapid increase of devices that are connected to the world wide web. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you'd like to forward a domain address to a machine that uses this type of an address, you will need to create an AAAA record for it, not the commonly used A record, that is an IPv4 address. Both records deliver the very same function, but different notations are used, so as to separate the two forms of addresses.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

If you'd like to use a domain name or a subdomain you have inside a cloud hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you need to set up an AAAA record for that, it is not going to take you more than a few mouse clicks to do that using our powerful, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. After you visit the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a small pop-up will appear. This is the spot in which you can set up any DNS record, so you simply have to pick the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down navigation and enter the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. In case you have zero experience with such matters, you'll not have any issues as Hepsia is quite user-friendly and your new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using your domain/subdomain with the other provider. In case they require it, you're also going to be able to edit the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, defining how long it is going to remain active in the global DNS system after you modify it or erase it.