How to add CloudFlare

Adding CloudFlare to Web V8

This is a step by step guide on how to setup CloudFlare on your Web V8 hosted website.

This tutorial is suitable if you…

  • Have a CloudFlare account and need to add your website to it
  • Want to control your DNS from your Web V8 hosting panel
  • Are a reseller looking to control multiple Cloudflare accounts
  • Are hosting your website on Web V8
  • Purchased your domain on Web V8

Important Links

Web V8 Client Portal
hosting panel
cloudflare dashboard
Table Of Contents
  1. Adding CloudFlare to Web V8
  2. This is a step by step guide on how to setup CloudFlare on your Web V8 hosted website.
Click on the images to follow the steps

Step 1 – Add Domain to Cloudflare

If you do not have an account already, just hit register and follow the same steps.

CloudFlare Dashboard
Click Add Site
CloudFlare Domain
Enter your domain name
Free Plan Cloudflare
Click FREE plan
DNS records
Click Quick Scan
DNS records
Just hit continue
Your Nameservers
Copy your nameservers
CloudFlare Dashboard
Click Add Site
CloudFlare Domain
Enter your domain name
Free Plan Cloudflare
Click FREE plan
DNS records
Click Quick Scan
DNS records
Just hit continue
Your Nameservers
Copy your nameservers
CloudFlare Dashboard
CloudFlare Domain
Free Plan Cloudflare
DNS records
DNS records
Your Nameservers
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Step 2 – Update Your Nameservers

Login to your client portal here

Once you have logged into your Web V8 Client Portal follow these steps:

Click Your Domain
Click on your domain name
Click on NAMESERVERS
Click on NAMESERVERS
Copy & Paste CloudFlare Nameservers
Copy & Paste CloudFlare Nameservers
Click Your Domain
Click on your domain name
Click on NAMESERVERS
Click on NAMESERVERS
Copy & Paste CloudFlare Nameservers
Copy & Paste CloudFlare Nameservers
Click Your Domain
Click on NAMESERVERS
Copy & Paste CloudFlare Nameservers
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Are you using a different domain name registrar?

Step 4 – Get your API key

Installing your API key into Web V8

Click Get API Token
Click Get API Token
Create Token
Create Token
Click the first one
Click the first one
Enable All Zones
Enable All Zones
Copy API Token
Copy API Token
Web V8
Click on Integrations
Click on CloudFlare
Click on CloudFlare
Click Add
Click Add
Paste your API key here
Paste your API key here
Should look like this now
Should look like this now
Click Get API Token
Click Get API Token
Create Token
Create Token
Click the first one
Click the first one
Enable All Zones
Enable All Zones
Copy API Token
Copy API Token
Web V8
Click on Integrations
Click on CloudFlare
Click on CloudFlare
Click Add
Click Add
Paste your API key here
Paste your API key here
Should look like this now
Should look like this now
Click Get API Token
Create Token
Click the first one
Enable All Zones
Copy API Token
Web V8
Click on CloudFlare
Click Add
Paste your API key here
Should look like this now
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Step 5 – Wait for Activation

It usually takes upto 30 mins (but can take up to 48 hours)

CloudFlare ACtive

Step 6 – Enabling CloudFlare

Web V8 hosting actually managed and controls your CloudFlare account for you. This means you should not make any DNS changes on your CloudFlare account (for this particular website) as any DNS records on Web V8 will overwrite whatever you have in CloudFlare beforehand.

Click on your website
Click on Domains
Click on the Domain you added to CloudFlare
Select API Token
Select API Token
Click on your website
Click on Domains
Click on the Domain you added to CloudFlare
Select API Token
Select API Token
Select API Token
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Step 7 – Generating CloudFlare SSL

Let’s generate a CloudFlare SSL Certificate on the CloudFlare Dashboard.

SSL/TLS > Origin Certificate > Create Certificate
Use these settings
Copy these
SSL/TLS > Origin Certificate > Create Certificate
Use these settings
Copy these
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Step 7 – Installing SSL

Now we need to install the CloudFlare SSL into our Web V8 Dashboard

Advanced > Security
Advanced > Security
Install Custom SSL
Install Custom SSL
Paste CloudFlare CRT & Key here
Paste CloudFlare CRT & Key here
Advanced > Security
Advanced > Security
Install Custom SSL
Install Custom SSL
Paste CloudFlare CRT & Key here
Paste CloudFlare CRT & Key here
Advanced > Security
Install Custom SSL
Paste CloudFlare CRT & Key here
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Step 9 – Enabling it all

We’re going to enable STRICT SSL settings on CloudFlare and Enable Proxies on our website DNS records here.

DO NOT ENABLE PROXY ON ANYTHING THAT SAYS “MAIL”

SSL Settings - Strict
(CloudFlare Dashboard) Set SSL settings to Strict
Set Proxy on all DNS zones (except Mail)
(Web V8 Dashboard) Set Proxy on all DNS zones (except Mail)
SSL Settings - Strict
(CloudFlare Dashboard) Set SSL settings to Strict
Set Proxy on all DNS zones (except Mail)
(Web V8 Dashboard) Set Proxy on all DNS zones (except Mail)
SSL Settings - Strict
Set Proxy on all DNS zones (except Mail)
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