AAAA Records

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Every single device that is connected to the world wide web has a distinctive identifier called IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computer systems, web servers, smartphones, switches, etc. The pool of IP addresses, that was introduced initially, is already distributed, therefore the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are steadily being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain that opens an internet site comes with an IP record, which is the address of the server where it is hosted. Using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is comprised of four groups of numbers from 1 to 255 divided by a dot, while in the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it is comprised of 8 groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this sort of records use digits from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F. An example of an AAAA record is 2010:0c48:43d3:2142:1012:8c3a:2475:2435 and this format works with a substantially greater amount of IPs compared with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

If you'd like to use a domain address or a subdomain that you have inside a cloud hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you have to create an AAAA record for that, it won't take you more than only a few clicks to do this by using our amazing, though easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. Once you visit the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a little pop-up will show up. This is the spot where you can create any DNS record, so you just have to choose the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record through drop-down navigation and enter the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. In case you have no experience with such matters, you will not have any difficulties as Hepsia is very intuitive and the new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using your domain/subdomain with the other service provider. If they require it, you'll also be able to edit the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it will stay active in the global DNS system after you edit it or erase it.