How do I create a wildcard domain in the DNS Manager?
Linode
Linode Staff
Hello - I am trying to make a wildcard DNS A record. I would like anything that is staging.[whatever].example.com to go to a different IP than my main wildcard domain.
I can do *.example.com with no problem, but I can't do staging.*.example.com.
Is this possible in DNS?
2 Replies
The DNS record that you wish to use is not valid, as a wildcard must always be the furthest subdomain from the TLD. This can be seen on Wikipedia's documentation for wildcard domains.
If you wish to have a staging version of a wildcard subdomain point to a different IP, you might want to try *.staging.example.com.
@andrewbrining
I want to add a wildcard subdomain CNAME, but I get the below error:
• You have entered an invalid target. It must be a valid hostname.
• Invalid hostname '*.stats'
The information being submitted:
hostname: *.stats.my.tld
aliases to: click.other.tld. (yes there is a dot at the end)
Please guide.