System, method and computer program product for creating a plurality of CNAMES for a website

• US 9,031,996 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2010
• Issued: 05/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Sureshchandra, Jayesh, Guest, Ryan
• Primary Examiner(s): Chau, Dung K
• Application Number:
  US12/982,708
• Publication Number:
  US 20110225206A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,594 Days
• US Class Current: 707/802
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4511 using domain name system [DNS]

Abstract

In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for creating a plurality of cnames for a website. These mechanisms and methods for creating a plurality of cnames for a website can provide multiple DNS entries for a single website. The ability to provide multiple DNS entries for a single website can enable websites to be accessible from multiple locations.

Claims

1. A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code implementg a method for creating a plurality of cnames for a website, the method comprising:

receiving at a system a request to create a website on a subdomain, the subdomain including a subpart of a larger domain, wherein the request includes a first subset of parameters including a first location of the website, a first suffix of the website, and an identifier of the subdomain, and wherein the request also includes a second subset of parameters including a second location of the website, a second suffix of the website, and the identifier of the subdomain;

based on the first subset of parameters of the request, appending at the system the first suffix of the website to the identifier of the subdomain to create a first cname, and pointing the first cname to the first location of the website;

based on the second subset of parameters of the request, appending at the system the second suffix of the website to the identifier of the subdomain to create a second cname, and pointing the second cname to the second location of the website; and

providing access to the website via the first cname and the second cname.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the website includes a first website to be created on the subdomain.

3. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the subdomain is of a multi-tenant on-demand database system.

4. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the first location is on the subdomain.

5. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the second location is on a domain separate from the subdomain.

6. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the first location includes a server on which a publisher of the website stores the website.

7. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the second location includes a server on which a service caches a copy of the website.

8. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the first subset of the parameters further includes an identifier of a previous subdomain.

9. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the second subset of the parameters further includes an identifier of a previous subdomain.

10. The computer program product of claim 1, further comprising determining whether a previous first cname and a previous second cname exist for the sub domain.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising deleting the previous first cname and the previous second cname prior to creating the first cname and the second cname, in response to a determination that the previous first cname and the previous second cname exist for the subdomain.

12. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein providing access to the website via the first cname and the second cname includes storing the first cname and the second cname as domain name service (DNS) entries.

13. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein secure network traffic is provided access to the website via the first cname.

14. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein unsecure network traffic is provided access to the website via the second cname.

15. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the request includes a string having a plurality of parameters separated by one or more commas.

16. A method, comprising:

receiving at a system a request to create a website on a subdomain, the subdomain including a subpart of a larger domain, wherein the request includes a first subset of parameters including a first location of the website, a first suffix of the website, and an identifier of the subdomain, and wherein the request also includes a second subset of parameters including a second location of the website, a second suffix of the website, and the identifier of the subdomain;

based on the first subset of parameters of the request, appending at the system the first suffix of the website to the identifier of the subdomain to create a first cname, and pointing the first cname to the first location of the website;

based on the second subset of parameters of the request, appending at the system the second suffix of the website to the identifier of the subdomain to create a second cname, and pointing the second cname to the second location of the website; and

providing access to the website via the first cname and the second cname, utilizing a processor.

17. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor for;

receiving at a system a request to create a website on a subdomain, the subdomain including a subpart of a larger domain, wherein the request includes a first subset of parameters including a first location of the website, a first suffix of the website, and an identifier of the subdomain, and wherein the request also includes a second subset of parameters including a second location of the website, a second suffix of the website, and the identifier of the subdomain;

based on the first subset of parameters of the request, ag t the system the first suffix of the website to the identifier of the subdomain to create a first cname, and pointing the first cname to the first location of the website;

based on the second subset of parameters of the request, ag t the system the second suffix of the website to the identifier of the subdomain to create a second cname, and pointing the second cname to the second location of the website; and

providing access to the website via the first cname and the second cname.

18. The apparatus if claim 17, wherein the processor is in a multi-tenant on-demand database system.

19. A method for transmitting code using a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising:

transmitting code to receive at a system a request to create a website on a subdomain, the subdomain including a subpart of a larger domain, wherein the request includes a first subset of parameters including a first location of the website, a first suffix of the website, and an identifier of the subdomain, and wherein the request also includes a second subset of parameters including a second location of the website, a second suffix of the website, and the identifier of the subdomain;

transmitting code to append at the system the first suffix of the website to the identifier of the subdomain to create a first cname, and pointing the first cname to the first location of the website, based on the first subset of parameters of the request;

transmitting code to append at the system the second suffix of the website to the identifier of the subdomain to create a second cname, and pointing the second cname to the second location of the website, based on the second subset of parameters of the request; and

transmitting code to provide access to the website via the first cname and the second cname, utilizing a processor.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the method is performed by a multi-tenant on-demand database system.