class SubdomainValidator < ActiveModel::EachValidator def validate_each(object, attribute, value) return unless value.present? reserved_names = %w(www ftp mail pop smtp admin ssl sftp) reserved_names = options[:reserved] if options[:reserved] if reserved_names.include?(value) object.errors[attribute] << 'cannot be a reserved name' end object.errors[attribute] << 'must have between 3 and 63 letters' unless (3..63) === value.length object.errors[attribute] << 'cannot start or end with a hyphen' unless value =~ /^[^-].*[^-]$/i object.errors[attribute] << 'must be alphanumeric; A-Z, 0-9 or hyphen' unless value =~ /^[a-z0-9\-]*$/i end end