diff --git a/plugins/domains/commands b/plugins/domains/commands
index 36f4ffa2c..d71c10db7 100755
--- a/plugins/domains/commands
+++ b/plugins/domains/commands
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ set -eo pipefail; [[ $DOKKU_TRACE ]] && set -x
 source "$PLUGIN_CORE_AVAILABLE_PATH/common/functions"
 source "$PLUGIN_AVAILABLE_PATH/config/functions"
 source "$PLUGIN_AVAILABLE_PATH/domains/functions"
+source "$PLUGIN_AVAILABLE_PATH/nginx-vhosts/functions"
 
 case "$1" in
   domains)
diff --git a/plugins/domains/functions b/plugins/domains/functions
index 0fbf9b774..2a69c42a0 100755
--- a/plugins/domains/functions
+++ b/plugins/domains/functions
@@ -6,39 +6,3 @@ get_app_domains() {
   local APP=$1; verify_app_name $APP
   cat "$DOKKU_ROOT/$APP/VHOST"
 }
-
-_ipv4_regex() {
-  echo "([0-9]{1,3}[\.]){3}[0-9]{1,3}"
-}
-
-_ipv6_regex() {
-  local RE_IPV4="$(_ipv4_regex)"
-  local RE_IPV6="([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){7,7}[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}|"              # TEST: 1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8
-  RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,7}:|"                         # TEST: 1::                              1:2:3:4:5:6:7::
-  RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,6}:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}|"         # TEST: 1::8             1:2:3:4:5:6::8  1:2:3:4:5:6::8
-  RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,5}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,2}|"  # TEST: 1::7:8           1:2:3:4:5::7:8  1:2:3:4:5::8
-  RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,4}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,3}|"  # TEST: 1::6:7:8         1:2:3:4::6:7:8  1:2:3:4::8
-  RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,3}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,4}|"  # TEST: 1::5:6:7:8       1:2:3::5:6:7:8  1:2:3::8
-  RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,2}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,5}|"  # TEST: 1::4:5:6:7:8     1:2::4:5:6:7:8  1:2::8
-  RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:((:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,6})|"       # TEST: 1::3:4:5:6:7:8   1::3:4:5:6:7:8  1::8
-  RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}:((:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,7}|:)|"                     # TEST: ::2:3:4:5:6:7:8  ::2:3:4:5:6:7:8 ::8       ::
-  RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}fe08:(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){2,2}%[0-9a-zA-Z]{1,}|"     # TEST: fe08::7:8%eth0      fe08::7:8%1                                      (link-local IPv6 addresses with zone index)
-  RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}::(ffff(:0{1,4}){0,1}:){0,1}${RE_IPV4}|"            # TEST: ::255.255.255.255   ::ffff:255.255.255.255  ::ffff:0:255.255.255.255 (IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses and IPv4-translated addresses)
-  RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,4}:${RE_IPV4}"                # TEST: 2001:db8:3:4::192.0.2.33  64:ff9b::192.0.2.33
-  echo "$RE_IPV6"
-}
-
-
-get_ipv4_regex() {
-  local RE_IPV4="$(_ipv4_regex)"
-  # Ensure the ip address continues to the end of the line
-  # Fixes using a wildcard dns service such as xip.io which allows for *.<ip address>.xip.io
-  echo "${RE_IPV4}\$"
-}
-
-get_ipv6_regex() {
-  local RE_IPV6="$(_ipv4_regex)"
-  # Ensure the ip address continues to the end of the line
-  # Fixes using a wildcard dns service such as xip.io which allows for *.<ip address>.xip.io
-  echo "${RE_IPV6}\$"
-}
diff --git a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/bind-external-ip b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/bind-external-ip
index 822989cfd..5c1456333 100755
--- a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/bind-external-ip
+++ b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/bind-external-ip
@@ -4,26 +4,8 @@ source "$PLUGIN_AVAILABLE_PATH/config/functions"
 
 APP="$1"
 NO_VHOST=$(config_get $APP NO_VHOST || true)
-
-RE_IPV4="([0-9]{1,3}[\.]){3}[0-9]{1,3}"
-
-RE_IPV6="([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){7,7}[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}|"                    # TEST: 1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8
-RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,7}:|"                         # TEST: 1::                              1:2:3:4:5:6:7::
-RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,6}:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}|"         # TEST: 1::8             1:2:3:4:5:6::8  1:2:3:4:5:6::8
-RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,5}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,2}|"  # TEST: 1::7:8           1:2:3:4:5::7:8  1:2:3:4:5::8
-RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,4}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,3}|"  # TEST: 1::6:7:8         1:2:3:4::6:7:8  1:2:3:4::8
-RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,3}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,4}|"  # TEST: 1::5:6:7:8       1:2:3::5:6:7:8  1:2:3::8
-RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,2}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,5}|"  # TEST: 1::4:5:6:7:8     1:2::4:5:6:7:8  1:2::8
-RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:((:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,6})|"       # TEST: 1::3:4:5:6:7:8   1::3:4:5:6:7:8  1::8
-RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}:((:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,7}|:)|"                     # TEST: ::2:3:4:5:6:7:8  ::2:3:4:5:6:7:8 ::8       ::
-RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}fe08:(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){2,2}%[0-9a-zA-Z]{1,}|"     # TEST: fe08::7:8%eth0      fe08::7:8%1                                      (link-local IPv6 addresses with zone index)
-RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}::(ffff(:0{1,4}){0,1}:){0,1}${RE_IPV4}|"            # TEST: ::255.255.255.255   ::ffff:255.255.255.255  ::ffff:0:255.255.255.255 (IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses and IPv4-translated addresses)
-RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,4}:${RE_IPV4}"                # TEST: 2001:db8:3:4::192.0.2.33  64:ff9b::192.0.2.33
-
-# Ensure the ip address continues to the end of the line
-# Fixes using a wildcard dns service such as xip.io which allows for *.<ip address>.xip.io
-RE_IPV4="${RE_IPV4}\$"
-RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}\$"
+RE_IPV4="$(get_ipv4_regex)"
+RE_IPV6="$(get_ipv6_regex)"
 
 [[ -f "$DOKKU_ROOT/VHOST" ]] && GLOBAL_VHOST=$(< "$DOKKU_ROOT/VHOST")
 
diff --git a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/functions b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/functions
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..a246cb229
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/functions
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -eo pipefail; [[ $DOKKU_TRACE ]] && set -x
+source "$PLUGIN_CORE_AVAILABLE_PATH/common/functions"
+
+_ipv4_regex() {
+  echo "([0-9]{1,3}[\.]){3}[0-9]{1,3}"
+}
+
+_ipv6_regex() {
+  local RE_IPV4="$(_ipv4_regex)"
+  local RE_IPV6="([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){7,7}[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}|"              # TEST: 1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8
+  RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,7}:|"                         # TEST: 1::                              1:2:3:4:5:6:7::
+  RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,6}:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}|"         # TEST: 1::8             1:2:3:4:5:6::8  1:2:3:4:5:6::8
+  RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,5}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,2}|"  # TEST: 1::7:8           1:2:3:4:5::7:8  1:2:3:4:5::8
+  RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,4}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,3}|"  # TEST: 1::6:7:8         1:2:3:4::6:7:8  1:2:3:4::8
+  RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,3}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,4}|"  # TEST: 1::5:6:7:8       1:2:3::5:6:7:8  1:2:3::8
+  RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,2}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,5}|"  # TEST: 1::4:5:6:7:8     1:2::4:5:6:7:8  1:2::8
+  RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:((:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,6})|"       # TEST: 1::3:4:5:6:7:8   1::3:4:5:6:7:8  1::8
+  RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}:((:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,7}|:)|"                     # TEST: ::2:3:4:5:6:7:8  ::2:3:4:5:6:7:8 ::8       ::
+  RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}fe08:(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){2,2}%[0-9a-zA-Z]{1,}|"     # TEST: fe08::7:8%eth0      fe08::7:8%1                                      (link-local IPv6 addresses with zone index)
+  RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}::(ffff(:0{1,4}){0,1}:){0,1}${RE_IPV4}|"            # TEST: ::255.255.255.255   ::ffff:255.255.255.255  ::ffff:0:255.255.255.255 (IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses and IPv4-translated addresses)
+  RE_IPV6="${RE_IPV6}([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,4}:${RE_IPV4}"                # TEST: 2001:db8:3:4::192.0.2.33  64:ff9b::192.0.2.33
+  echo "$RE_IPV6"
+}
+
+get_ipv4_regex() {
+  local RE_IPV4="$(_ipv4_regex)"
+  # Ensure the ip address continues to the end of the line
+  # Fixes using a wildcard dns service such as xip.io which allows for *.<ip address>.xip.io
+  echo "${RE_IPV4}\$"
+}
+
+get_ipv6_regex() {
+  local RE_IPV6="$(_ipv4_regex)"
+  # Ensure the ip address continues to the end of the line
+  # Fixes using a wildcard dns service such as xip.io which allows for *.<ip address>.xip.io
+  echo "${RE_IPV6}\$"
+}