Each device which is connected to the web has a distinctive identifier referred to as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computer systems, web servers, smart phones, switches, and so on. The pool of addresses, that was introduced initially, has already been distributed, therefore the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are slowly being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name that opens a site comes with an IP record, which is the address of the server where it's hosted. When using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is comprised of four sets of numbers from 1 to 255 split up using a dot, while within the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it is comprised of 8 groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this kind 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 works with a substantially larger amount of IPs when compared with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting

If you want to use a domain or a subdomain that you have within a cloud website hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you have to set up an AAAA record for that, it will not take you more than only a few mouse clicks to do this through our amazing, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. Once you go to the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a small pop-up will show up. This is the spot where you could set up 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 enter the IPv6 address, which is the actual record. Just in case you have no experience with such matters, you won't have any difficulties as Hepsia is quite user-friendly and the new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, so that you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other company. If they demand it, you're also going to be able to edit the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it is going to remain active in the global DNS system after you modify it or erase it.