Thanks Oren.

If this is true for all registrars, I would definitely point this out
in your custom domains documentation.


On Dec 20, 1:34 pm, Oren Teich <[email protected]> wrote:
> Add three more records for . or yourdomain.com.  you need 6 if you're
> using wildcard - three for the wildcard, three for the root domain.
>
> Oren
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Barry Welch <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I am also having trouble with GoDaddy + Heroku with wildcard
> > subdomains
>
> > In my setup, since GoDaddy apparently doesn't allow wildcard CNAMES, I
> > currently have 3 A-records that look like this:
>
> > A-Record  *   75.101.163.44
> > A-Record  *   75.101.163.44
> > A-Record  *   75.101.163.44
>
> > .. with no CNAMES.
>
> > Of course, this means 'http://www.mydomain.com'will load just fine,
> > but 'http://mydomain.com'will not.
> > Aside from changing registrars or using the Zerigo add-on, I am at a
> > loss as to how to set this up.
>
> > The Heroku documentation about wildcard domains is vague, stating:
>
> > "To use with a custom domain, configure your registrar to point
> > *.yourdomain.com at heroku.com. If things are set up correctly you
> > should be able to look up any arbitrary subdomain:"
>
> > ... which seems like a cop-out statement.
>
> > Any ideas on this?
>
> > On Nov 15, 11:57 am, Keenan Brock <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Hi Jeff,
>
> >> I had it working before I switched everything over tohttp://namecheap.com/
>
> >> 2 things to try:
> >> 1) try an @ instead of a *
> >> 2) try using A records instead of a CNAME (3 of them)
>
> >> dns numbers are athttp://docs.heroku.com/custom-domains
> >> 75.101.163.44
> >> 75.101.145.87
> >> 174.129.212.2
>
> >> --Keenan
>
> >> On Nov 14, 2010, at 12:48 AM, Jeff wrote:
>
> >> > Having trouble setting up GoDaddy for wildcard subdomains. I have one
> >> > domain registered with Dreamhost, and it works fine. Not sure what's
> >> > different with GD.
>
> >> > I have the three A records:
>
> >> > A   @   174.129.212.2
> >> > A   @   75.101.145.87
> >> > A   @   75.101.163.44
>
> >> > But I can't set up a CNAME like this:
>
> >> > *  CNAME   proxy.heroku.com.
>
> >> > With DH, this works. But with GD, I can't find the right way to
> >> > handle. Any ideas?
>
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