Vendor-specific DNS records
This article requires prior knowledge of DNS record management via the Cloudflare dashboard. To learn more, refer to Cloudflare’s article on managing DNS records.
Google Workspace MX records
Google Workspace requires specific MX records added to your DNS provider.
Once you add these records to Cloudflare:
- Test the configuration
- Do not add other
MX
records other than those provided by Google.
Google Workspace service URLs
If you want to customize the service addresses URLs associated with Google Workspace, refer to Google’s documentation.
Google site verification
To add a site verification record in Cloudflare, follow Google’s documentation.
Amazon
Amazon Route53
AWS customers must update their domain’s nameservers to point to their new Cloudflare nameservers.
Amazon S3 bucket
Find the URL for your bucket.
Then, create a CNAME
record in Cloudflare. For example, if the full host URL of the bucket is files.example.com.s3.amazonaws.com
, you would add a CNAME
record similar to the following:
files CNAME files.example.com.s3.amazonaws.com
Amazon Simple Email Service (SES)
For help setting up DKIM in SES, refer to the Amazon documentation.
Amazon ELB configuration
Refer to Amazon’s ELB help content for guidance on ELB configuration at Amazon, but generally you should:
Add a CNAME
record to Cloudflare for the hostname you receive from AWS, for example:
Type | Name | Target | Proxy status |
---|---|---|---|
CNAME | elb | <AWS_HOSTNAME>.<REGION>._elb.amazonaws.com | Proxied |
Microsoft
Microsoft 365
For information about the records to Microsoft 365, refer to Microsoft’s documentation.
Microsoft Azure
Follow Microsoft’s instructions on configuring Azure DNS settings.
Then, add Azure’s required records to Cloudflare DNS.
Miscellaneous vendors
Discourse
To use Discourse with Cloudflare, refer to Using Discourse with Cloudflare: Best Practices.
Forward Email
To use Cloudflare with Forward Email, refer to Forward Email configuration with Cloudflare.
ClickFunnels
You can configure Cloudflare to work with ClickFunnels. The process requires updating your Cloudflare DNS settings.
Zoho
To use Cloudflare with Zoho, refer to Zoho configuration with Cloudflare.
Unbounce
Refer to Unbounce’s documentation to get a CNAME
value, then add that record within Cloudflare.
SendGrid
Refer to SendGrid’s documentation for how to make SendGrid compatible with Cloudflare.
WPEngine
For help configuring WPEngine sites, refer to:
Ning custom domain
For help with Ning, refer to Use a custom domain with Ning.
SmugMug
For help with SmugMug, refer to Use a custom domain with SmugMug.
Mailchimp
For help with Mailchimp, refer to Use a custom domain with Mailchimp.
Rackspace CloudFiles
Configure Rackspace CloudFiles via CNAME record. Consult the Rackspace documentation.
Refer to Rackspace CloudFiles’s documentation to get a CNAME
value, then add that record within Cloudflare.
Squarespace
First, make sure you update your nameservers and your domain is active.
Then, set up your Squarespace DNS records:
- Get your Squarespace DNS information by following these instructions.
- In Cloudflare, add those records:
- All
A
records should be Proxied - The
CNAME
record forwww
should also be Proxied. - The
CNAME
record forverify.squarespace.com
should be DNS-only.
- All
- If set up properly, your Squarespace DNS Settings page will now indicate that your ‘Settings contain problems.’ This is the expected behavior.
Pending domain owner verification
The CNAME
record you added for verify.squarespace.com
should be DNS-only.
If you proxy this record, Squarespace will not be able to verify your domain ownership and show you a This website is pending domain owner verification
error. To fix the issue, edit the CNAME
record and change the Proxy status to DNS-only.
Tumblr custom domain
Refer to Tumblr’s documentation to get DNS record values. Then, add records to Cloudflare DNS.
Wix
You can use Cloudflare with Wix websites, though your setup needs to be different than with most website builders.
This is because Wix does not support using Cloudflare nameservers (which is the normal part of a full setup or with domains bought through Cloudflare Registrar).
Using domain pointing
If you want to manage your DNS through Cloudflare or you bought a domain through Cloudflare Registrar, you can connect that domain to Wix through domain pointing.
This method means your website is using Cloudflare for DNS only, so all your DNS records should be DNS-only (unproxied).