AAAA Records

AAAA Records - learn more details about them and when will you have to use one.

Each device that is connected to the Internet has a special identifier called IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes personal computers, web servers, smartphones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IP addresses, which was introduced originally, has been distributed, therefore the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are slowly being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain that opens an internet site has an IP record, which is the address of the server where it is hosted. When using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is made up of 4 sets of numbers from 1 to 255 split up with a dot, while in the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it consists of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this kind of records use numbers 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 supports a significantly larger amount of IPs when compared with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

In order to use a domain or a subdomain that you have in a cloud hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you need to set up an AAAA record for that, it won't take you more than only a few mouse clicks to do this via our effective, though easy-to-use Hepsia CP. When you visit the DNS Records section and click the Create a New Record button, a little pop-up will appear. This is the place where you could set up any DNS record, so you only have to select the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down navigation and enter the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. If you happen to have zero experience with such matters, you will not have any problems as Hepsia is very intuitive and the new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, so that you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other provider. If they require it, you'll also be able to modify the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, outlining how long it'll remain active in the global DNS system after you edit it or erase it.