Wildcard Records
You are able to implement wildcard DNS records with our platform.
What are wildcards and what are the benefits?
Wildcard records, e.g. “*.mysite.com” provide a DNS response for any matching request, in this case, any valid subdomain of “mysite.com”. If your app needs to generate custom subdomains on-demand (for different customers or projects, for example), you can create a wildcard DNS record to point all customer sites to your server.
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Wildcard DNS vs. Wildcard Site If you are planning to use Skip2’s CDN for your wildcard domain, create a new site with a Wildcard URL. See https://www.skip2.net/docs/sites/creating-a-wildcard-site
DNS Interface
On the DNS edit page, you will see a table of records. Each record has three action items at on the right side of the row:
- Enable/Disable Toggle: This allows you to temporarily disable a record and reenable it later.
- Edit: Enabled editing mode, converting the row to editable textboxes to allow you to make changes.
- Delete: Delete the DNS record.
Wildcard Records
- On the DNS edit page, create a new record or edit an existing record.
- For the record value, insert an asterisk "" 3a. For wildcards in a subdomain, insert an asterisk and then your subdomain, e.g. “.stuff” 3b. For nested wildcards, insert an asterisk and then a perioda, e.g. ”..” You can nest wildcards a
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