AAAA is a domain address record, that is essentially the IPv6 address of the web server in which the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the current IPv4 system where every single Internet protocol address is made up of 4 groups of decimal digits ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In comparison, an IPv6 address features eight groups of four hexadecimal digits - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason for this modification is the substantially smaller range of unique IPs the current system supports and the rapid increase of devices that are connected to the Internet. An example of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you wish to point a domain to a web server that uses this type of an address, you need to create an AAAA record for it, and not the widely used A record, which is an IPv4 address. The 2 records deliver the same exact function, but different notations are used, in order to separate the two types of addresses.
AAAA Records in Shared Hosting
If you need to set up a new AAAA record a domain name or subdomain hosted within your shared hosting account, it will not take you more than several easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is extremely intuitive to use and it'll allow you to set up or change every record easily. Once you log in and navigate to the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all current records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you'll only have to click the "New" button, pick out AAAA from a small drop-down menu within the pop-up which will show up, type or paste the necessary IPv6 address and save the change - it is as simple as that. The new record is going to be 100% live within a maximum of an hour and the hostname that you have created it for will start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. If necessary, you will also be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which indicates the time in seconds the new record will be live after you eventually change it to something different or you simply delete it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Setting up a new AAAA record is very easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain within 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 will be able to create it in a few quite simple steps and with no hassle. Hepsia has a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domains in which you can find all existing records or set up new ones with a couple of clicks. All it takes to accomplish this is to choose the domain/subdomain that you would like to edit, select AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and input the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address which the other provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the new record is going to propagate globally and your domain name will start directing to the third-party hosting server. If they require it, you could also change the TTL value, which reveals the time this record will be working with its current value before a new one kicks in if you make any adjustments in the future.