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An AAAA is a type of DNS record that maps a domain name to a IP address Version 6.

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Example

api                                 IN AAAA    2001:41d0:1:1b00:213:186:33:18

where:

• api is a relative name
• IN is the INTERNET class
• AAAA is the AAAA record
• fe80::1ff:fe23:4567:890a is the Ip address version 6

If the apex domain is example.com, this entry will point the qualified domain name api.example.com to the ip 2001:41d0:1:1b00:213:186:33:18

Documentation / Reference

• See Rfc1035