Unable to create Vultr Proxies It says error below mentioned

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2 Years ago

Server add failed: Invalid hostname, must start with an alphanumeric character and contain only alphanumerics or hyphens.


How to fix this?

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2 Years ago

I got reply from vultr and they said this:


We made an adjustment on our platform, to better follow standard hostname conventions as detailed in RFC 952 and RFC 1123
In short underscores are not valid in hostnames. In order to become compliant we have removed support for these in host names.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. 



Now how to fix this underscores issue? Any alterations can be done by createproxy? It will be helpful alot.

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2 Years ago

got reply from vultr:

We made an adjustment on our platform, to better follow standard hostname conventions as detailed in RFC 952 and RFC 1123

In short underscores are not valid in hostnames. In order to become compliant we have removed support for these in host names.


We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. 



Now how to fix this underscores issue? Any alterations can be done by createproxy? It will be helpful alot.

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JULIAN answered 2 Years ago

Hello, were you able to solve it?

The proxies that I create with Vultr, do not work

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Viren Moderator answered 2 Years ago

Hi, this should have been resolved by the recent vultr update? Can you confirm whether this is working or not now? 

Thanks, Viren

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JULIAN answered 2 Years ago

Good afternoon Viren,


No, the proxies created with Vultr