AAAA is a domain address record, which is essentially the IPv6 address of the web server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the present IPv4 system where every Internet protocol address comprises of four groups of decimal numbers ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. On the other hand, an IPv6 address includes 8 groups of four hexadecimal numbers - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason for this transformation is the tremendously smaller amount of unique IPs which the current system supports and also the fast increase of products that are connected to the world wide web. A good example of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you'd like to point a domain address to a server that uses this sort of an address, you will need to set up an AAAA record for it, not the commonly used A record, which is an IPv4 address. The 2 records provide the very same function, yet different notations are used, in order to separate the two types of addresses.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

If you wish to use a domain or a subdomain which you have inside a cloud hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you ought to set up an AAAA record for that, it is not going to take you more than just a few clicks to do this through our effective, though easy-to-use Hepsia CP. As soon as you navigate to the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a compact pop-up will appear. This is the spot where you can set up any DNS record, so you just have to pick the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record through drop-down menus and type in the IPv6 address, which is the actual record. If you happen to have no experience with such matters, you'll not have any troubles as Hepsia is incredibly intuitive and your new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, so you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other provider. In case they demand it, you're also going to be able to modify the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, outlining how long it'll stay active in the global DNS system after you change it or delete it.