Using Cloudflare WAF on a subdomain not hosted in Cloudflare

Security
#1

Hey there everyone,

I want to use Cloudflare to protect one of my subdomains which is on a server outside of Cloudflare. I don’t want to change any of the structure so far, I just want to add an additional layer of DDoS protection. But I am struggling to find where to start. Cloudflare doesn’t allow me to add a subdomain, it asks for the main domain name.

I searched the tutorials and documentation, on other forums and guides but couldn’t find anything related to my issue.

Any help, advice, guidance or tutorial would be highly appreciated.

Kind regards

#2

If you want to use Cloudflare only for one particular hostname, without changing the DNS setup for the whole domain, you will need a Business plan with a CNAME setup.

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#3

Saving my life, really! Thank you!

#4

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