An AAAA record is an IP in the recently introduced IPv6 format and it consists of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, that include four groups of digits between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the number of IPs that may be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain name has its website hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this record instructs the domain address where the Internet site for it is. Depending on the system which the provider uses, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your Internet site with one provider and your emails with another, so if you choose to use this sort of redirection to forward a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll have to set up an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting
If you wish to use a domain name or a subdomain which you have in a cloud hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you have to set up an AAAA record for that, it will not take you more than a few mouse clicks to do that by using our highly effective, though easy-to-use Hepsia CP. When you go to the DNS Records section and click the Create a New Record button, a compact pop-up will appear. This is the place where you could set up any DNS record, so you just have to pick the needed domain name or subdomain and the type of record through drop-down menus and input the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. Just in case you have zero experience with such matters, you won't have any issues as Hepsia is quite 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. In case they require it, you will also be able to modify the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, outlining how long it's going to remain active in the global DNS system after you edit it or remove it.