{"id":2125,"date":"2024-04-15T12:04:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T06:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shricloud.com\/kb\/?post_type=manual_kb&p=2125"},"modified":"2024-05-18T09:48:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T04:18:55","slug":"how-to-add-a-website-to-cloudflare","status":"publish","type":"manual_kb","link":"https:\/\/shricloud.com\/kb\/article\/how-to-add-a-website-to-cloudflare\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add a Website to Cloudflare?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In this article, we will cover how to Add a Website in\u00a0ShriCloud Hosting<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to Cloudflare.<\/p>\n

Cloudflare is a popular content delivery network (CDN) and cybersecurity company that offers a range of services to help websites improve their performance, security, and reliability.<\/p>\n

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  1. Adding a website to Cloudflare<\/li>\n
  2. Pointing a website to Cloudflare<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Adding a Website to Cloudflare<\/h2>\n
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    Simply, follow the below steps to Add a Website to Cloudflare.<\/p>\n

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    1. Visit\u00a0https:\/\/www.cloudflare.com<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to Sign Up for a New Cloudflare account or log in to your existing account.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      2. Once you have logged into your Cloudflare account Click on\u00a0Add Site<\/strong>\u00a0button and enter your domain name e.g. scncf.info<\/p>\n

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      3. Choose\u00a0Free Plan<\/strong>\u00a0and click on the\u00a0Continue button<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      4. Cloudflare with Automatically scan and add the DNS records for your domain. Review and verify whether DNS records are configured correctly. If everything is fine then Click on the\u00a0Continue\u00a0<\/strong>button<\/p>\n

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      If the DNS records for your Domain are not automatically added then you can do it manually by Clicking on Add Record<\/strong>\u00a0button in\u00a0DNS > Records\u00a0<\/strong>section as below<\/p>\n

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      Note:\u00a0<\/strong>DNS records for your Domain can be obtained from your DirectAdmin hosting control panel DNS Management section.<\/p>\n

      5. Finally, Cloudflare will assign\u00a0Two random Nameservers\u00a0<\/strong>to which your domain name needs to be pointed<\/p>\n

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      Pointing a website to Cloudflare<\/h2>\n
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      As a Last Step, you need to change Nameservers for your domain to Cloudflare\u2019s nameservers generated in the previous step.<\/p>\n

      Simply, follow the below steps to Point a Website to Cloudflare.<\/p>\n

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      1. Login to\u00a0Shricloud Client Area<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
      2. Navigate to\u00a0Services > Domains<\/strong><\/li>\n
      3. Click on the Domain name to be Pointed to Cloudflare<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        4. Click on the\u00a0Nameservers<\/strong>\u00a0link under the Nameservers section<\/p>\n

        5. Remove the previous Nameservers and\u00a0Change Cloudflare’s nameservers generated for your Domain.<\/strong>\u00a0Click on the\u00a0Save Changes\u00a0<\/strong>button<\/p>\n

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        Note:\u00a0<\/strong>After you have updated the nameservers for your domain it would up to 48 hours for changes to propagate to DNS globally.<\/p>\n

        6. You can check the Nameservers update status in the Cloudflare dashboard. Once Cloudflare is successfully enabled for your Website you will be seeing similar status for your Domain name<\/p>\n

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        That’s all, your Website with\u00a0Shricloud Cloud Hosting<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is now added to Cloudflare.<\/p>\n

        If you need any help with configuring Cloudflare for your Website, please feel free to\u00a0contact<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0our customer support team.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","manualknowledgebasecat":[3,8,9],"manual_kb_tag":[13,18],"class_list":["post-2125","manual_kb","type-manual_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","manualknowledgebasecat-general-faqs","manualknowledgebasecat-getting-started","manualknowledgebasecat-cloud-hosting","manual_kb_tag-shricloud","manual_kb_tag-how-to-add-a-website-to-cloudflare"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shricloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/2125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shricloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shricloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/manual_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shricloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shricloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2125"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/shricloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/2125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3785,"href":"https:\/\/shricloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/2125\/revisions\/3785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shricloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manualknowledgebasecat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shricloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manualknowledgebasecat?post=2125"},{"taxonomy":"manual_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shricloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb_tag?post=2125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}