Every device that is connected to the web has a unique identifier referred to as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computers, web servers, smartphones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IPs, which was introduced initially, is already distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are steadily being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain which opens an internet site comes with an IP record, which is the address of the server where it's hosted. With the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is comprised of 4 sets of numbers from 1 to 255 separated with a dot, while within the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it is made up of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this kind 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 supports a significantly greater number of IPs than the IPv4 format.
AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting
If you are using a service with a third-party company and you need to create an AAAA record to point a domain address or a subdomain to their system, you'll be able to do that with only a few mouse clicks through the Hepsia CP, included with all of our cloud hosting plans. As soon as you sign in, you have to navigate to the DNS Records section where you will find all of the records for any domain address or subdomain hosted inside the account. Setting up a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, picking the type from a drop-down menu, that is to be AAAA in this case, and then inserting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, inside a text box. As an added option you could modify the TTL value (Time To Live), that defines how long the record will be functioning after you edit it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record will be live in no more than an hour and will propagate globally an hour or two later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start pointing to the new hosting server.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Creating a new AAAA record for a domain address or a subdomain hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company involves a few really easy steps, which you'll be able to find in the Help section of your Hepsia website hosting CP as well. You will need to pick the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu in which you will find your domain names and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as easy as choosing the one that you need and inputting the IPv6 address for it. This is achieved with no more than a couple of mouse clicks, so you can very easily point any hostname to a different provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they offer. It's going to take mere seconds for the new record to be active and only about an hour for it to propagate globally, so you'll be done in no time. The other service provider may also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that is different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature reveals how long it will take for any new value you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.