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Questions tagged [wildcard-subdomain]

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Non-dot-wildcard (*-foo.example.com) for bind?

It seems there's no way to tell bind that *-foo.example.com should resolve to eg. 10.1.2.3, while *-bar.example.com resolves to 10.2.3.4. Is there any workaround? Can some names eg. resolve with an external program? Or should I change bind to eg.…
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Any drawbacks to AWS certificate manager wildcard certificates?

Let's say I'm using AWS Certificate Manager to get a certificate for example.com for use with AWS CloudFront. I can specify an alternate domain of www.example.com and point it to another CloudFront distribution in my DNS. But AWS Certificate Manager…
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Best way to add a DNS wildcard record for a domain

What is the best way to add a DNS wildcard record for a domain? I want example.net, www.example.net, a.b.c.www.example.net, ... going to one server. Now I use: example.net. 60 IN A 1.2.3.4 *.example.net. 60 IN CNAME example.net. Is…
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Can DNS host records be setup to create wildcard sub-subdomains

Is it possible to create a wildcard host record for a sub-subdomain ie *.foo.example.com?
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Do SSL Certs containing two wildcards work (esp. on Let's Encrypt)?

I want to include two wildcards in an SSL cert (will be) signed by Let's Encrypt: *.*.thost3.de. Will this cert match any hostnames matching that rule (e.g. example.example.thost3.de, hello.world.thost3.de), and can Let's Encrypt accept such…
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Difference between wild card SSL

I have deployed SSL certificates on various websites however this wildcard SSL certificate is totally new to me. I have question that If I am buying a SSL certificate *.example-private.com, Will it work for *.staging.example-private.com Or Do I have…
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In Nginx, map specific subdomains to ports, redirect all others

I'm trying to accomplish three things: Map traffic, by subdomain, to one of several applications on different ports. If subdomain isn't recognized, redirect to www. Require HTTPS on all subdomains. My nginx configuration so far is: map $subdomain…
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Is stage.*.example.com valid for a wildcard DNS CNAME?

We are creating a web app that will have vanity subdomains such as user1.example.com. Since we'll have many subdomains, they need to be dynamic. We want to have a public "stage" area where we can test before going live. The requirement states that…
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Wildcard subdomain directory names

I have the following in my Apache config: VirtualDocumentRoot /var/www/hosts/%0 ServerAlias *.test.galapagos.office In /var/www/hosts, I have a directory called jason.test.galapagos.office and one called…
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Wildcard certificates with short hostnames?

I'm trying to generate a certificate with the following subjectAltName: hostname *.hostname hostname.mydomain.local *.hostname.mydomain.local I generate the CSR via OpenSSL and then get the certificate from Microsoft Active Directory Certificate…
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Double Wildcard SSL Certificates

Is there a registar that offers SSL certificates for: ..domain.com or something_fixed.*.domain.com? -- M.
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Can I use nested DNS wildcard records

I would like to have multiple dns entries with wildcards such that one entry is nested as subdomain of another CNAME *.example.com -> webserver.example.com CNAME *.api.example.com -> apiserver.example.com The intention being that I can use…
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Make Lighttpd return 404 for unused subdomains?

I have some domains set up on my Ubuntu server that uses Lighttpd. I have wildcard domains and I want the unused subdomains to return 404 instead of 200 and displaying the regular domain. This problem was brought to my attention because some less…
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How do I configure a wildcard DNS record correctly in Windows Server 2012?

I'm trying to configure a DNS server for domain.com. I want to configure a wildcard DNS record to resolve any-subdomain.domain.com to a single IP address (172.16.1.3). In my DNS server I have the following records in my forward zone: This somewhat…
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How to set up a DNS to use a catch-all address?

This is not really a programming question, it's more about settings that I can alter visually. I have bought a domain and am wondering how I can get it work in such a way that everything before the .example.com except for things I've already set…
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