AAAA is a domain record, that's basically the IPv6 address of the server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the current IPv4 system where every IP is comprised of 4 groups of decimal numbers between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In contrast, an IPv6 address includes eight groups of 4 hexadecimal digits - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason behind this transformation is the considerably smaller amount of unique IPs that the existing system supports as well as the fast increase of products 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 want to point a domain name to a server that uses this kind of an address, you have to set up an AAAA record for it, not the widely used A record, that is an IPv4 address. The two records provide the very same function, but different notations are used, to differentiate the two types of addresses.
AAAA Records in Hosting
The highly developed Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, provided with our hosting, will enable you to create a new AAAA record effortlessly. When you're in the account and you visit the DNS Records section, you will find all records that you have for any hosted domain or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to select the domain/subdomain in question, choose AAAA then only input or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We also have a step-by-step guide if you have never created records for your domains, but it's unlikely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much simpler to use compared with other Control Panels on the market. Within an hour your new record will be working and your domain address will start resolving to the servers of the other provider. There is also an option to modify the TTL value, which shows how long this record is going to be working if you edit it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value that the other service provider may require.