Keenan: Yes, thanks. I have this configuration already. What I wanted was another proxy.
On Feb 20, 5:31 pm, Keenan Brock <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Martin, > > There are 2 things. > > 1. The browser needs to resolve the domain name to heroku's servers. > You tell DNS to point a.app.com (http://a.app.com) or example.com > (http://example.com) to the right app server [app.heroku.com > (http://app.heroku.com)]. > The CNAME record does this. > You can tell DNS to point all *.app.com to point to heroku.com. > > 2. The app server at Heroku needs to route the request to the right > Application. > The heroku.add_domain example does this. > Or if you have a simple app, the web configuration does this. > > If you use a wild card domain (heroku wild card), then it is easy to say > *.app.com (http://app.com) all point to your code base. > > If you do not/can not wild card the domains, then you will need to add every > entry to link to your app. > So if you are adding another domain, e.g.: example.com (http://example.com), > you'll probably need to add this via the command line. > > Did that help? > > —Keenan > > > > > > > > On Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Martin Streicher wrote: > > I have a Rails 3.2 app on Heroku. > > > It accepts wildcards and subdomains, so each user can have a vanity > > subdomain, such as a.app.com (http://a.app.com), b.app.com > > (http://b.app.com), etc. > > > What I want to do is let a user point example.com (http://example.com) to > > a.app.com (http://a.app.com). > > > What would I have to change in the example.com (http://example.com) DNS > > config to make this > > work? And what do I change in my app? > > > I am guessing example.com (http://example.com) is just a CNAME for > > a.app.com (http://a.app.com). But how does > > my app know what to do -- it needs to know that example.com > > (http://example.com) is really > > a.app.com (http://a.app.com). I suppose I could tell the app that -- the > > user could > > configure it. > > > Just trying to figure out the proxy madness for this... since > > a.app.com (http://a.app.com) is a proxy to app.heroku.com > > (http://app.heroku.com). Does example.com (http://example.com) have to be a > > proxy to app.heroku.com (http://app.heroku.com)?I am guessing that wont > > work. > > > Any ideas would be awesome. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Heroku" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > (mailto:[email protected]). > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > (mailto:[email protected]). > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Heroku" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en.
