I'm planning app, that needs to have hundreds (maybe thousands) of domain attached. Is it possible with Heroku?
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offtopic, perhaps you should ask heroku – Keith Nicholas Mar 27 '13 at 22:06
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came here from link posted there – Max Filippov Mar 27 '13 at 22:08
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hmmm, odd, problem is, its not a programming question. Do they have their own forums? – Keith Nicholas Mar 27 '13 at 22:09
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Unfortunately I do not know... Came here from link on this page: https://help.heroku.com/ (Ask the community) – Max Filippov Mar 27 '13 at 22:10
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I need multi tenancy support for my app and so I try to understand could I use Heroku or should rent VDS. – Max Filippov Mar 27 '13 at 22:13
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perhaps have a look at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5916625/writing-a-multi-tenant-rails-3-app-for-deployment-on-heroku – Keith Nicholas Mar 27 '13 at 22:18
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As far as I know, there is no limit on the number of domains. However, if the number of domains starts to increase to more than a 10/20 domains, then you may consider to use a wildcard domain and handle the routing logic inside your application.
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I read that article, as I understood, wildcard domain concerns subdomains and I need exactly new domains (I'm designing online store service). – Max Filippov Mar 27 '13 at 22:33
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You can add any number of domains to a single app by repeating the add command with different values
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As far as I know, you must configure your DNS to point your application hostnames to Heroku manually, so you should have your own DNS to do this (it is not a job for Rails app) – noz Mar 27 '13 at 22:35
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Well, as I suppose to know all I need to create a new zone is to make changes in several text files (so why it is not job for Rails?), the question is: would Heroku provide me access to these or not. – Max Filippov Mar 27 '13 at 22:38
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DNS translates easily memorised domain names to the numerical IP addresses needed for the purpose of locating computer services and devices worldwide. You can manage you DNS with a Rails app (f.e. PowerDNS on Rails). But you still need to have it. In fact there is no DNS included to dino where you deployed a Rails app at Heroku. When an app has a custom domain assigned and your DNS is configured to point at Heroku, the routing mesh will take each request to the custom domain and route it to the assigned app – noz Mar 27 '13 at 22:48