How can I update the custom nameserver for domain name?

Website, Application, Performance DNS & Network
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Hi Cloudflare Community,

I’m hoping I can receive some guidance here. I decided to purchase four domain names from Cloudflare today, hoping to use the domain names for a different hosting provider, Netlify, but I seem to be having a hard time trying to update the custom nameserver in the Cloudflare dashboard. I received the four DNS name servers from Netlify already, but I can’t seem to figure out how to add these four name servers to Cloudflare. I have the basic “free” plan.

Any assistance would be great! Just wanted to purchase the domain names from Cloudflare and host the websites on Netlify. Didn’t think I’d be hitting a wall like this.

Thanks!

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You cannot change the nameservers if you bought the domain from Cloudflare, so you will have to configure DNS manually.

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Thanks for the reply!

I was able to use the first article to find the right path to configure the DNS manually. If anyone else reading this finds themselves in the same situation, syncing a Cloudflare domain name with Netlify hosting, then this should help too:

https://www.mikestreety.co.uk/blog/setting-up-a-custom-domain-with-netlify-with-cloudflare-ssl/

https://www.netlify.com/blog/2016/04/11/installing-your-own-ssl-certificates-a-step-by-step-guide/

Cheers,

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