CloudFlare is an intermediate DNS service in the world famous. Many people, including his use CloudFlare by special functions without any other DNS providers get.
In addition to conventional DNS functions, while using CloudFlare CDN you spend longer, limited DDoS firewall + spam, SSL and many more functions. Of course, free of all offline.
Previously, I had to use the DNS service providers in the country to ensure the look-up time when the first IP Server fastest connection. However, sometimes having trouble DNS request is not, even pages are not to be governance, should die some day lose her determination to find another supplier of choice is CloudFlare.
CloudFlare has a global network of servers to serve DNS should always ensure time look-up ultra-fast access from anywhere in the world. Moreover, the speed of DNS updates here almost immediately always, very happy.
I'm confident using CloudFlare makes DNS for many personal sites, including blogs Coupon Sharing and Learning VPS . If you do not know about this wonderful service, find out immediately and consult carefully the instructions below offline.
On the Internet there have been many articles about CloudFlare, however incomplete and sketchy, so I wrote this tutorial.
Contents of the article:
- CloudFlare account registration
- Add Website to CloudFlare
- Add Site
- Confirm record
- Choices Plan
- Pointing nameservers on CloudFlare
- DNS Management
- Activate the enhanced services
CloudFlare user manual
I. Account Registration CloudFlare
To use CloudFlare, you need to have an account. Registration procedure is very quick.
- First you visit https://www.cloudflare.com , click Sign up now!
- Registration Information Please enter email and Password to complete.
- Registration is complete, please Login to use.
II. Add Website to CloudFlare
1. Add Site
- First, you click the link Add Site to add new sites to the CloudFlare system. Enter a domain name and then clickBegin Scan .
- You can add multiple domains at once, each domain name separated by a comma,
- Wait for about 1 minute to scan the entire CloudFlare existing records. This is a great function, you do not need to spend time moving into the old DNS records anymore.
- Next, click Continue Setup to continue.
2. Confirm the records for the domain name
- If the domain is active, all the records will be scanned and displayed CloudFlare below, you can simply browse only. May appear absence of any record, if the domain name has been registered it. At this point, you need to manually add records.
- You need to note 2 icon CloudFlare On and Off CloudFlare
- On CloudFlare: activate functions such as CDN CloudFlare's free, anti-DDoS Firewall ...
- Off CloudFlare: CloudFlare off functions.
Because I do not like using the CloudFlare CDN should usually choose Off, go turn off the service, DNS is only used as intermediates only. When encountering a new problem pops up to use DDoS Firewall restrictions. However, I encourage you to turn on the service.
- If you find missing records can be added right at this stage.
- With the same record in the table below:
- Click the button at the end of logs to delete or click the Name , Value for updates.
- 2 records required for its normal functioning website has crossed the blue as in the picture. Note.
- If you want the functionality of CloudFlare Off, click on the icon in the Status column to switch On to Off.
- Finally, click Continue to save.
3. Option Plan
CloudFlare has pretty much the plan to meet different needs, but we just used the Free Plan is enough.
4. Point your nameservers on CloudFlare
Finally, CloudFlare offers 2 nameservers record, point your domain name to the new nameservers. Click Continueto finish.
Wait for a while waiting for the domain nameservers update finished, CloudFlare will automatically send an email notification is complete. The domain name has to appear in your account and Status is Active.
That's it, then that website activities.
See more series: Guidelines to manage domain names to change the nameserver.
5. DNS Management
If you want to change the record, after logging in, please click on the domain name want to correct. The main interface will appear as follows:
Click the link DNS in the top row, you'll see all the DNS records as in step 2 above. Click the corresponding record to update or delete.
- If you want to add a subdomain, you just make a record A with the Name is the subdomain to create and IPv4 IP address entered want to point to and click Add Record is.
III. Activate the enhanced services
In addition to basic functions mediated DNS, CloudFlare has some more advanced functions such as firewall, CDN (in part Caching), Free SSL (in the Crypto), minify (in Speed) ...
To use this function, you should ensure records pointing to domain.com and www is turned On CloudFlare.
In the next article, I will guide you how to use and configure this feature.
Good luck.