13 December 2012

How to setup a CDN setting of CloudFlare on your domain?

10:09 PM By Gaurav Sharma , ,

Setup CloudFlare CDN setting

In the previous post (CloudFlare – A Free CDN service for bloggers), I had explained you about Content Delivery Network (CDN) and key features of CloudFlare, which make this CDN service different from other CDN services.

In this post, I am telling you about how to setup a CDN setting of CloudFlare on your domain.

To setup the CloudFlare CDN setting on your domain, you just have to follow these simple steps as given below…

STEP 1: Before installing CloudFlare CDN setting, you should create an account in CloudFlare database.

STEP 2: After creating the account in CloudFlare, login and enter the URL of your website in given box as shown in the image.
Setup CloudFlare CDN setting - Enter your website

STEP 3: Then click on “Add Website” button to setup the setting.

STEP 4: After that, a list of DNS records arrives in front of your screen, set up CloudFlare setting as per your convenience, then hit on                                           “I’ve added all missing records, Continue” button.

STEP 5: After this a page appears on screen with a lot of options, fill it as given below

Choose a Plan – Free- $0/month
Performance – CDN + Full Optimizations (bleeding edge speed)
Security – High

Then, press on “Continue” button.

STEP 6: After this, CloudFlare asks you to change the name server of your DNS provider. Change it.
Setup CloudFlare CDN setting - Update Nameservers

Then, Click on “I’ve updated my nameservers,continue” button.

Congratulations! You've successfully completed the setup of your domain. In a few minutes, the CloudFlare CDN service starts on your domain.

Note:-
If you get any problem in any JavaScript file on your website, you can remove it from CloudFlare CDN setting by adding data-cfasync=“false” after each script attribute as given below.

<script data-cfasync="false" type="text/javascript" src="my.js" />
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