Sub domain support via DNS and VHost Wildcards

Dondi · January 2nd, 2006, 1:08 PM

Hi,

I am really liking what I have seen of Surpass Hosting so far. I have one deciding question that I cannot find a clear answer to in the forums of FAQs, hence this post. Here goes ...

I need a hosting plan that allows me to automatically create subdomains for users that register on my community site. That is, I need to create subdomains of the form:

username.mydomain.com

My community software automatically supports this, but it relies upon host support for DNS and VHost wildcards (i.e., *.mydomain.com DNS entry + *.mydomain.com ServerAlias and rewrite rules in httpd.conf).

I read elsewhere that Surpass supports this; however, I have not been able to determine if this is with dedicated servers only or also with shared hosting and reseller accounts. I'm not interested in dedicated hosting, so I need to know if this is supported on Surpass shared hosting or reseller accounts. Can someone please confirm this? Thanks,

Dondi.

**fwwebs5** · January 2nd, 2006, 4:29 PM

Quote:

My community software automatically supports this, but it relies upon host support for DNS and VHost wildcards (i.e., *.mydomain.com DNS entry + *.mydomain.com ServerAlias and rewrite rules in httpd.conf).

Does your script use rewrite rules in httpd.conf or .htaccess?

Dondi · January 2nd, 2006, 4:57 PM

Thx fwwebs5. The script uses rewrite rules in httpd.conf.

Dondi.

January 2nd, 2006, 1:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
Dondi Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Jan 2006 2 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Sub domain support via DNS and VHost Wildcards Hi, I am really liking what I have seen of Surpass Hosting so far. I have one deciding question that I cannot find a clear answer to in the forums of FAQs, hence this post. Here goes ... I need a hosting plan that allows me to automatically create subdomains for users that register on my community site. That is, I need to create subdomains of the form: username.mydomain.com My community software automatically supports this, but it relies upon host support for DNS and VHost wildcards (i.e., .mydomain.com DNS entry + .mydomain.com ServerAlias and rewrite rules in httpd.conf). I read elsewhere that Surpass supports this; however, I have not been able to determine if this is with dedicated servers only or also with shared hosting and reseller accounts. I'm not interested in dedicated hosting, so I need to know if this is supported on Surpass shared hosting or reseller accounts. Can someone please confirm this? Thanks, Dondi.

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Dondi Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Jan 2006 2 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Thx fwwebs5. The script uses rewrite rules in httpd.conf. Dondi.

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