Every device that's connected to the world wide web has a unique identifier called IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computers, web servers, smartphones, switches, etc. The pool of IPs, that was introduced at first, 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. When using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it consists of four sets of numbers from 1 to 255 separated using a dot, while within the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it consists of 8 groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this kind of records use digits from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F. An example of an AAAA record is 2010:0c48:43d3:2142:1012:8c3a:2475:2435 and this format can handle a substantially greater amount of IPs when compared with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

If you wish to use a domain or a subdomain you have inside a shared hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you ought to set up an AAAA record for that, it will not take you more than just a few clicks to do this via our highly effective, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia CP. When you navigate to the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a compact pop-up will appear. This is the area where you could create any DNS record, so you simply have to choose the needed domain address or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down options menu and input the IPv6 address, which is the actual record. Even if you have zero experience with such matters, you'll not have any issues as Hepsia is very intuitive and the new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, so that you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other company. In case they demand it, you'll also be able to modify the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it'll remain active in the global DNS system after you modify it or delete it.