Cloudflare DNS Setup

DNS migration is not especially difficult however it requires access to your domain registrar, and a few key understanding of how DNS's work to ensure that the migration goes smoothly with all DNS records intact.

If your domain is already using Cloudflare's DNS, then you are all set- you simply need to invite Sygnal to your Cloudflare account to install Hyperspeed.

You can invite mike@sygnal.com.

If your DNS is not yet on Cloudflare;

  1. Or, you can setup Cloudflare and migrate your DNS yourself.

Sygnal Setting up Cloudflare & DNS for you

If those are difficult to achieve what we'll need is;

  • Your DNS zone file export, which is a text file listing all of your DNS entries that we need to load into Cloudflare for you.

Once we have Cloudflare setup, we'll give you the nameservers you need to set;

  • You would then set your nameservers in your registrar, so that your DNS switches over to your new Cloudflare setup.

Sygnal will Invite you to your Cloudflare Account

You'll have full access to your Cloudflare account, and to your DNS for future updates you want to make. Please give us the email address you want us to invite as the account owner.

You will then activate Cloudflare's Pro plan

Setting up Cloudflare Yourself

If you choose to setup Cloudflare yourself, here's an overview.

Create your Cloudflare Account

Start here;

https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/

You will need the Pro account.

Migrate your site's DNS to Cloudflare

Here's a video tutorial that will give you the basic approach.

Ensure that DNSSEC is disabled at your domain registrar

See your domain registrar's admin interface and documentation for this.

Notes on GoDaddy here.

Change your Domain's Nameservers to point to Cloudflare

See your domain registrar's admin interface and documentation for this.

Notes on GoDaddy here.

Invite Sygnal to your Cloudflare Account

Once your DNS is fully setup and Cloudflare shows as "active", you'll need to invite our team so that we can install Hyperspeed for you.

  • Permissions. Full admin access is best, but most importantly we need;

    • Workers access

    • Full admin access to the specific domain Zone being proxied

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