AAAA Records
Understand just what an AAAA record is, when it’s used and whether you ought to create one for your domain name.
Every single device that is connected to the Internet has a unique identifier known as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computer systems, web servers, smartphones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IP addresses, which was introduced at first, is already distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are progressively getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name which opens a site comes with an IP record, that is the address of the server where it's hosted. Using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is comprised of 4 sets of numbers from 1 to 255 divided with a dot, while with the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it comprises of eight sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this kind 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 can handle a substantially bigger number of IPs than the IPv4 format.
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AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting
If you use a service through a third-party provider and you need to set up an AAAA record to direct a domain address or a subdomain to their system, you are going to be able to do that with a couple of mouse clicks in the Hepsia CP, included with all our
cloud hosting solutions. When you log in, you have to navigate to the DNS Records section in which you will find all of the records for every domain or subdomain hosted inside the account. Creating a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, picking out the type from a drop-down menu, which will be AAAA in this case, and then inputting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, within a text box. As an additional option you could edit the TTL value (Time To Live), which outlines how long the record is going to be live after you modify it or erase it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be functioning in only an hour and will propagate globally two or three hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start forwarding to the new web server.
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AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
As our advanced cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you are going to be able to create one with ease for every domain address or subdomain you host within a
semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, so that you can start using the services of any other provider you direct the domain/subdomain to in no time. You could create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel where you will also find all of the other records that were set up automatically or you have created manually before. The set up of the new AAAA record is as easy as choosing the needed domain or subdomain and the AAAA type through simple drop-down menus, inputting the IPv6 address inside a text box and saving the change. You're going to be able to change the record anytime if necessary. If the other service provider needs a certain TTL value for the new record, you will be able to modify this setting too. The Time To Live option determines how long an existing record will keep working after you edit it or delete it and the time is in seconds.