Every device that is connected to the world wide web has a unique identifier named IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes personal computers, web servers, smart phones, switches, and so on. The pool of addresses, which was introduced initially, is already distributed, therefore the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are slowly getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain which opens an internet site has an IP record, that is the address of the server where it's hosted. When using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is comprised of 4 sets of numbers from 1 to 255 separated by a dot, while in the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it is made up of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this sort of records use digits from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F. A good example of an AAAA record is 2010:0c48:43d3:2142:1012:8c3a:2475:2435 and this format is designed for a substantially bigger number of IPs in comparison with the IPv4 format.
AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting
If you want to create a new AAAA record for any domain address or subdomain hosted inside your cloud hosting account, it won't take you more than several easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is quite intuitive to use and it will permit you to create or modify any record effortlessly. Once you log in and visit the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all existing records for your domain names and subdomains, you will only have to click the "New" button, pick AAAA from a small drop-down options menu in the pop-up that will show up, enter or paste the required IPv6 address and save the change - it is as simple as that. The new record shall be 100% active within no more than one hour and the hostname you have created it for will start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. If necessary, you are also going to be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which signifies the time in seconds that the new record will be live after you eventually change it to something different or you simply remove it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Creating a new AAAA record is incredibly easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting CP, so if you host a domain name in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you require such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you've created under it, you are going to be able to create it in a few very simple steps and with no hassle. Hepsia has a section devoted to the DNS records of your domain names where you can find all current records or set up new ones with several mouse clicks. All it takes to achieve that is to select the domain/subdomain you want to modify, pick AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and enter the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address that the other service provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the newly created record will propagate world-wide and your domain will start directing to the third-party web server. If they demand it, you can also modify the TTL value, which outlines the time this record shall be working with its present value before a new one takes over if you make any changes in the future.