Want a Faster & Safer Website? Register Cloudflare Domain + Set DNS with This Guide!

Cloudflare is a free CDN (Content Delivery Network) that offers features of security, bandwidth saving, and acceleration. Any personal blog, online shop, or corporate website will benefit with Cloudflare by becoming faster, safer, and more dependable. 

This article will teach you step by-step how to register on Cloudflare, connect your domain, and activate its core features.

What's Cloudflare?

Cloudflare is a third-party service that acts as a shield between your visitors and your hosting server. That way when you subscribe for this service:

1. Stores your pages on a global server (CDN).
2. Protects from attacker DDoS and malicious botsters.
3. Free SSL/HTTPS
4. Speeds up the upload of sites.

Steps to Sign Up and Use Cloudflare

Create an Account on Cloudflare

1. Go to the official website: https://www.cloudflare.com
2. Click the Login button
3. Click Continue With Google
4. choose your email
5. wait until you have entered the cloudflare dashboard page

Add Domain to Cloudflare

1. After login, click “Add a Site”
2. Enter your domain name (example: www.domainname.com)
3. Click Next

Make sure you already have an active and accessible domain.

Choose a Cloudflare Plan

Cloudflare offers several plans. Choose:

• Free Plan - suitable for personal blogs and small websites.
• Click Continue.

Copy & Check DNS Records

Cloudflare will automatically detect your DNS settings (for example for Blogger, WordPress, or cPanel).

• Check if they are correct
• If using Blogger, make sure the CNAME and A Record are correc
• Click Continue

Change Your Domain Nameservers

Cloudflare will provide nameservers that look like this:

lily.ns.cloudflare.com and tom.ns.cloudflare.com

Next step:

• Login to the place of where you bought the domain (for example, Niagahoster, Domainesia, Namecheap, etc.). me : rumahweb.com
• Locate the Nameservers menu
• Change the default nameservers to the Cloudflare nameservers
• Save Changes

Wait for the DNS propagation to complete, usually between 5 minutes - 24 hours.

Change Name Server Domain

Successfull Activation Domain

Enable Free HTTPS

When the domain status says "Active" in Cloudflare enable HTTPS:

1. Click on the SSL/TLS menu
2. Select Flexible mode
3. Wait a few minutes, then your blog will automatically be available using https://

Required Cloudflare Features

Cloudflare Features	Important Functions
SSL/TLS (Flexible)	Enables free HTTPS
Auto Minify	Compresses HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files
Caching	Speeds up page load time
Page Rules	Custom rules for certain pages
Firewall Rules	Block bot attacks and suspicious traffic

Special Tips for Blogger Users

If you are using Blogger with a custom domain (not blogspot.com), be sure to:

1. Blogger's DNS records (CNAME and A) are now in Cloudflare
2. Using Flexible SSL
3. Enable the Always Use HTTPS option in the Blogger settings

Conclusion

In addition to the free CDN, Cloudflare comes with powerful security, SSL, caching, and DNS control. Cloudflare is free but can eliminate downtime and prevent attacks so your blog is:

• Faster
• Safer
• Looks professional with HTTPS