Each device that is connected to the Internet has a specific identifier named IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computer systems, web servers, smart phones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IPs, that was introduced originally, is already distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are steadily getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name which opens a website comes with an IP record, which is the address of the server where it's hosted. With the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is comprised of 4 groups of numbers from 1 to 255 separated by a dot, while in the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it consists of 8 sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this type of records use digits from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F. A good example of an AAAA record is 2010:0c48:43d3:2142:1012:8c3a:2475:2435 and this format supports a significantly bigger amount of IPs in comparison with the IPv4 format.
AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting
If you'd like to set up a new AAAA record a domain address or subdomain hosted in your cloud hosting account, it is not going to take you more than several easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is rather intuitive to use and is going to allow you to create or change every single record effortlessly. As soon as you log in and visit the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all existing records for your domain names and subdomains, you will only have to click the "New" button, pick out AAAA from a small drop-down options menu within the pop-up that'll show up, type or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the modification - it is as basic as that. The new record shall be 100% active within no more than 1 hour and the hostname that you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. If necessary, you will also be able to change the TTL (Time To Live) value, which reveals the time in seconds which the new record will be functioning after you eventually edit it to something different or you simply delete it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
In case you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need to set up an AAAA record for a domain address you have hosted in it or a subdomain you've created, it'll take you only a few clicks within the Hepsia Control Panel to do that. In case you have never had a website hosting account before, you'll not face any issues since you will use a very simple and easy-to-use interface. All of the DNS records for your domain names will be listed in a section of the CP with the exact same name, so when you go there, you will see all records which have been created automatically or manually and you'll be able to set up a new one by simply clicking on the corresponding button. A little pop-up shall appear, so with only a few mouse clicks you can choose the type of record you need and for which domain name or subdomain it will be set up. Next, just paste the IPv6 address in a text box, save the modification and 1 hour later the new AAAA record will be 100% live. As an optional setting, you can pick how long this record is going to be active after you modify it or erase it in the future. That's the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can modify from the standard 3600 seconds if the other service provider needs it.