AAAA is a domain name record, that's basically the IPv6 address of the server where the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the existing IPv4 system in which every Internet protocol address is comprised of 4 groups of decimal numbers ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In comparison, an IPv6 address includes 8 groups of four hexadecimal digits - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The cause of this change is the substantially smaller range of unique IPs that the current system supports as well as the speedy increase of products that are connected to the world wide web. An example of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you wish to point a domain name to a web server which uses this type of an address, you will have to create an AAAA record for it, and not the commonly used A record, which is an IPv4 address. Both records deliver the very same function, but different notations are used, so as to differentiate the two forms of addresses.

AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting

In order to use a domain address or a subdomain that you have within a cloud website hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you need to create an AAAA record for that, it is not going to take you more than just a few mouse clicks to do this using our highly effective, though easy-to-use Hepsia CP. When you navigate to the DNS Records section and then click the Create a New Record button, a compact pop-up will show up. This is the area where you can create any DNS record, so you just have to pick the needed domain address or subdomain and the type of record from drop-down menus and input the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. Just in case you have no experience with such matters, you will not have any difficulties as Hepsia is quite user-friendly and the new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, so you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other service provider. Provided they require it, you will also be able to modify the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it's going to stay active in the global DNS system after you edit it or remove it.