Each device that is connected to the web has a unique identifier named IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computer systems, web servers, smartphones, switches, and so on. The pool of IP addresses, that was introduced at first, has already been distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are gradually being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name that opens a website has an IP record, that is the address of the server where it's hosted. When using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it consists of four groups of numbers from 1 to 255 divided using a dot, while in the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it is made up of 8 groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this sort of records use numbers from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F. An illustration of an AAAA record is 2010:0c48:43d3:2142:1012:8c3a:2475:2435 and this format is designed for a substantially bigger amount of IPs when compared with the IPv4 format.
AAAA Records in Cloud Web Hosting
If you'd like to create a new AAAA record for any domain address or subdomain hosted in your cloud web hosting account, it is not going to take you more than a couple of easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is quite intuitive to use and is going to permit you to set up or change every single record effortlessly. As soon as you sign in and visit the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all existing records for your domain names and subdomains, you will simply have to click the "New" button, pick AAAA from a small drop-down menu inside the pop-up which will show up, input or paste the required IPv6 address and save the modification - it is as simple as that. The new record shall be 100% active within a maximum of 1 hour and the hostname you have created it for will start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If required, you'll also be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which indicates the time in seconds the new record will be functioning after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply erase it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
When you've got a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you have to set up an AAAA record for a domain address you have hosted in it or a subdomain you've set up, it is going to take you only a few mouse clicks in the Hepsia CP to do that. Even if you have never had a web hosting account before, you won't experience any issues since you will use a very simple and intuitive interface. All of the DNS records for your domains are going to be listed in a section of the CP with the exact same name, so as soon as you go there, you will see all records which have been set up automatically or manually and you'll be able to set up a new one by simply clicking the corresponding button. A compact pop-up will appear, so with a couple of mouse clicks you can pick the type of record you require and for which domain name or subdomain it's going to be created. Afterwards, simply paste the IPv6 address within a text box, save the change and one hour later the new AAAA record is going to be fully functioning. As an optional setting, you can select the time this record is going to be functioning after you edit it or remove it in the future. This is the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can modify from the standard 3600 seconds in case the other provider requires it.