About adding Cloudflare namespace to GoDaddy

Website, Application, Performance Getting Started
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I have added GoDaddy namespace to Goddy

Below is just an example:
Then add A record (a.lukechanportfolio.site and bind to an IP 61.8.8.7) to Cloudflare
However, after I ping a.lukechanportfolio.site,the IP resolved is incorrect not 61.8.8.7

Please let me know if I need to wait for it to be effective or any steps missing

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I have added GoDaddy namespace to Cloudflare

Below is just an example:
Then add A record (a.lukechanportfolio.site and bind to an IP 61.8.8.7) to Cloudflare
However, after I ping a.lukechanportfolio.site,the IP resolved is incorrect not 61.8.8.7

Please let me know if I need to wait for it to be effective or any steps missing

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Is the A record :orange: or :grey:?

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A record added on Cloudflare

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That’s great, but the important question is:

I’m just going to go ahead answer that question for you. You have the record set to :orange:. This tells Cloudflare that you want to proxy traffic through Cloudflare to your host. In order to fulfill your instruction, Cloudflare has to direct visitors to Cloudflare IPs. This means that when you query the IP of records that are set to :orange:, you will not see the origin server address that appears in your dashboard. You will see Cloudflare IPs.

If you do not want to use the Cloudflare proxy and wish to have traffic sent directly to your origin server, you need to set the record to :grey: which will mark it as DNS Only. You will then see the origin IP returned in your DNS queries.

I encourage you to have a quick read through the Concepts segment of the New to Cloudflare guide.

The following Community Tutorial is a shorter read if you want cover the key concepts of the :orange: more quickly.

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