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Using Cloudflare
Cloudflare is a content delivery network (CDN) service that A2 Hosting provides to our web hosting customers for free. On average, a web site using Cloudflare loads 200% faster, uses 60% less bandwidth, and is much more secure.
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What is Cloudflare?
Learn about Cloudflare's content delivery network (CDN), how it works, and how it can help improve your site's performance and security.
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Activating Cloudflare
Learn how to activate Cloudflare for your web site with just a few easy steps. This article covers how to configure a partial (CNAME) setup, as well as a full DNS setup for your domain.
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Configuring Cloudflare
After you activate Cloudflare, you can configure it for your web site using cPanel. This article covers how to enable Cloudflare, manage Cloudflare settings for your account, view site statistics, and enable DDoS protection.
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Using SSL with Cloudflare
Learn about the different options for using SSL on a Cloudflare-enabled account: using a Sectigo SSL certificate, managing root domains and subdomains, and what to do if your account currently does not have an SSL certificate.
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Troubleshooting Cloudflare connections
This article provides information you can use to help troubleshoot accounts that use Cloudflare by examining Cloudflare error pages and checking the site DNS settings.
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Using Cloudflare to defend against DDoS attacks
Cloudflare can help your site withstand DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks, and this article shows you how to enable "I'm under attack" mode in Cloudflare as well as how to whitelist specific IP addresses.
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Let’s Encrypt and Cloudflare Universal SSL
Cloudflare offers SSL for all sites, but Cloudflare SSL only encrypts the connection from the visitor to Cloudflare. This article shows how to provide full, end-to-end encryption for the entire connection from the visitor to the server.
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Turning off Cloudflare
Cloudflare needs to be off for certain tasks. Learn to turn Cloudflare off and turn Development Mode on in this article.
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Sectigo and Cloudflare Universal SSL
Cloudflare offers SSL for all sites, but Cloudflare SSL only encrypts the connection from the visitor to Cloudflare. This article shows how to provide full, end-to-end encryption for the entire connection from the visitor to the server.
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Troubleshooting SSL certificate renewals for Cloudflare-enabled domains
If you use an SSL certificate on a Cloudflare-enabled domain, you may experience problems when you try to renew the certificate. This article provides specific instructions on how to resolve these issues.
