Every device that's connected to the web has a specific identifier called IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computers, web servers, smart phones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IPs, which was introduced at first, is already distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are gradually getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name which opens a website has an IP record, which is the address of the server where it is hosted. Using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it comprises of four groups of numbers from 1 to 255 split up with a dot, while in the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it is comprised 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 substantially bigger number of IPs compared with the IPv4 format.
AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting
If you wish to use a domain or a subdomain that 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 is not going to take you more than only a few mouse clicks to do this using our highly effective, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia CP. Once you visit the DNS Records section and then click the Create a New Record button, a little pop-up will appear. This is the area where you can create any DNS record, so you just have to choose the needed domain address or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down options menu and type in the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. If you happen to have zero experience with such matters, you will not have any difficulties as Hepsia is incredibly intuitive 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. If they demand it, you're also going to be able to modify the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, outlining how long it's going to stay active in the global DNS system after you change it or delete it.