In this article, we will show you how tosetup CloudFlare for your website.
1) Visit CloudFlareand create an account.
2) Enter the website you wish to add CloudFlare to and click Add website
3) Watch the introduction video while CloudFlare attempts to pull your
current DNS information. Once the scan is complete, click continue.
4) Check your DNS entries and ensure that all the records you need are
included. If you see any missing ones, you can add them at the bottom
of thepage. Once done, click the "I've added all missing records,
continue" button.
5) Select the plan you wish to use. For this article, we will use the
free plan. If you pick any other plan, you will be asked for payment
information on thispage.
6) Select the type of performance and the security level you wish to
use. Oncefinished, click continue.
7) You will now be prompted to updateyour domains DNS name servers.
You can do this by vising your domain registrar. Once you have updated
your name servers, click continue.
That's it! Please keep in mind that it can take time for the DNS name
serverchanges to be picked up by CloudFlare. If CloudFlare does not
pick up the changes right away, you can request that they "re-test"
the account from the websites tab of your CloudFlare account.
We will now go over the basic pages that you can use to manage your site(s).
Apps
You can access the apps section by clicking on the apps link from the
websites section of your CloudFlare account.
Here you can install different applications that range in a variety of purposes.
Analytics
You can access the Analytics section byclicking on the Analytics link
from the websites section of your CloudFlare account.
This section will allow you to see the visitor traffic for your website.
Threat control
You can access the threat control section by clicking on the Threat
control link from the websites section of your CloudFlare account.
This section allows you to monitor possible threats for your
website(s). For example, if a DDoS attack was on-going you would be
able to see it here. You also have the ability to block/white-list IP
address, countries, or ip ranges.
You can also manage the domain itself by clicking the gear icon.
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