About
An AAAA is a type of DNS record that maps a domain name to a IP address Version 6.
The A record maps a domain name to a IP address Version 4
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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