Each device which is connected to the Internet has a unique identifier known as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computer systems, web servers, smart phones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IP addresses, that was introduced initially, has already been distributed, therefore the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are gradually being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain that opens a website has an IP record, that is the address of the server where it is hosted. Using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is made up of 4 groups of numbers from 1 to 255 divided by a dot, while with the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it comprises of 8 groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this type 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 considerably greater number of IPs than the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Cloud Web Hosting

If you would like to set up a new AAAA record for any domain address or subdomain hosted in your cloud web hosting account, it is not going to take you more than a couple of easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is quite intuitive to use and it will enable you to create or modify every single record with ease. After you log in and visit the DNS Records section, where you can find all existing records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you'll only have to click the "New" button, pick out AAAA from a small drop-down menu inside the pop-up which will appear, enter or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the change - it's as basic as that. The new record shall be 100% live within no more than an hour and the hostname you have created it for will start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If necessary, you are also going to be able to modify the TTL (Time To Live) value, which reveals the time in seconds that the new record will be working after you eventually change it to something different or you simply remove it.