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Getting Started with Cloudflare

To start using Cloudflare, you need to sign up for a free account. Signing up for Cloudflare is incredibly easy and takes less than 5 minutes. This article outlines the steps to successfully create an account and add your first website.

Choose between one of two easy methods to signup to Cloudflare

Sign up from within cPanel:
Login to your account hosting account here.
Click on Services, and then click the service subscription you want to setup with cloudflare.
Click Login to cPanel, and once the page loads go to the software section and click the "Cloudflare" icon.
If your cPanel account has not been previously associated with a Cloudflare account, you will be given the choice to "Signup for a free account" or "Sign in" if you already have an account.
Signup directly on Cloudflare's website
Visit Cloudflare website and click the Sign up link at the top of the page.

Type your email address and password. Click Create account now to proceed. It is recommend to use an email alias or distribution list. For example, cloudflare@company.com. to receive billing and service-related email notifications.

Once you have signed up, the next step will be to "Add a Website". Enter the domain for your website and then click Add Site. It's not necessary to add "www" to the domain. For example, if your website is www.example.com, type example.com.

Cloudflare will scan your domain's DNS records. This will take approximately 60 seconds to complete. Once the DNS scan has finished, click Next.

Select a plan that fits your needs and then click Confirm Plan.

A list of all the DNS records found is displayed, including your subdomains. In this step, you can decide which subdomains you want to enable Cloudflare (the orange cloud icon) or bypass Cloudflare (the grey cloud icon). Some records, like MX, never go through Cloudflare (no cloud). If there are any additional records you'd like to add, you can add them freely. After you've reviewed your DNS records, click Continue.

Recommended domains / subdomains to enable Cloudflare

The following domains / subdomains should have the Cloudflare orange cloud icon "on"

greens247.com
www.greeens247.com

When you enable Cloudflare, all the traffic will pass through Cloudflare's http/https proxy, this way you can gain advantage of the added benefits of Cloudflare.

Recommended domains / subdomains to bypass Cloudflare

The following domains / subdomains should have the Cloudflare grey cloud icon "on"

ftp.greens247.com
mail.greens247.com

These subdomains need to connect the user directly to the origin server and bypass Cloudflare because these service require the user to connect to specific connection ports other that http 80/https 443. If you do not bypass these subdomains, you will not be able to connect to these services and will loose connectivity for those services.

You are now given the Cloudflare nameservers specifically assigned for your domain. Please write down the Cloudflare nameservers, because you will need it later on in further steps. If you lose your Cloudflare nameservers, you can always find them in your Cloudflare dashboard under Overview. Click Continue.

Now your account is all set, but you need to update the nameservers for your domain with the Cloudflare nameservers provided previously.

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