AAAA Records

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Every device that's connected to the web has a unique identifier referred to as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes personal computers, web servers, smart phones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IPs, that was introduced initially, has already been distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are slowly being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name which opens a website comes with 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 comprises of four groups of numbers from 1 to 255 divided by a dot, while within the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it comprises of 8 groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this sort 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 is designed for a significantly bigger number of IPs in comparison with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

If you want to use a domain or a subdomain which you have in a cloud hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you need to create an AAAA record for that, it won't take you more than a few mouse clicks to do that by using our amazing, though easy-to-use Hepsia CP. After you go to the DNS Records section and click the Create a New Record button, a small pop-up will appear. This is the place in which you can set up any DNS record, so you simply have to choose the needed domain name or subdomain and the type of record from drop-down options menu and type in the IPv6 address, that is the actual record. If you happen to have zero experience with such matters, you will not have any problems as Hepsia is extremely intuitive and your new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using your domain/subdomain with the other service provider. Provided they demand it, you will also be able to change the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, defining how long it's going to remain active in the global DNS system after you change it or delete it.