Every device that is connected to the Internet has a special identifier referred to as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes personal computers, web servers, smartphones, switches, etc. The pool of IPs, that was introduced initially, is already distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are steadily being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain that 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 consists of 4 groups of numbers from 1 to 255 divided by a dot, while in the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it is comprised of eight sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this type of records use digits 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 can handle a considerably bigger number of IPs compared with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

If you want to use a domain name or a subdomain which you have in a cloud hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you have to create an AAAA record for that, it won't take you more than only a few clicks to do this through our highly effective, though easy-to-use Hepsia CP. After you visit the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a small pop-up will show up. This is the place in which you can set up any DNS record, so you simply have to select the needed domain name or subdomain and the type of record from drop-down navigation and input the IPv6 address, that is the actual record. In case you have zero experience with such matters, you'll not have any difficulties as Hepsia is extremely user-friendly and the new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, so that you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other provider. In case they require it, you will also be able to change the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, outlining how long it'll remain active in the global DNS system after you modify it or remove it.