AAAA is a domain record, that's essentially the IPv6 address of the web server where the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was introduced to replace the existing IPv4 system where each Internet protocol address consists of four sets of decimal digits which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In comparison, an IPv6 address has 8 groups of four hexadecimal numbers - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The cause of this modification is the considerably smaller selection of unique IPs that the current system supports as well as the quick increase of devices that are connected to the world wide web. An example of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you'd like to point a domain to a server that uses this sort of an address, you will have to create an AAAA record for it, and not the widely used A record, that is an IPv4 address. Both records have the same exact function, but different notations are used, so as to distinguish the two types of addresses.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

In order to use a domain address or a subdomain you have in a shared 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 clicks to do this through our amazing, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. When 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 can create any DNS record, so you only have to choose the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down menus and type in the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. In case you have no experience with such matters, you will not have any troubles as Hepsia is extremely user-friendly and your new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, so you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other service provider. If they require it, you're also going to be able to modify the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, outlining how long it is going to stay active in the global DNS system after you edit it or remove it.