Every device which is connected to the world wide web has a special identifier named IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computers, web servers, smart phones, switches, etcetera. The pool of addresses, which was introduced initially, has been distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are progressively being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name which opens an internet site has an IP record, which is the address of the server where it is hosted. When using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is made up of four groups of numbers from 1 to 255 split up with a dot, while with the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it consists of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this type 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 works with a substantially larger number of IPs compared with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

If you wish to use a domain name or a subdomain which you have in a shared hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you ought to create an AAAA record for that, it is not going to take you more than only a few mouse clicks to do that through our amazing, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. After you go to the DNS Records section and click the Create a New Record button, a small pop-up will show up. This is the place where you can set up any DNS record, so you only have to pick the needed domain name or subdomain and the type of record from drop-down menus and type in the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. In case you have zero experience with such matters, you won't have any troubles as Hepsia is very 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 service provider. In case they demand it, you're also going to be able to modify the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it will remain active in the global DNS system after you modify it or remove it.