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

Adding CloudFlare to Web V8
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.

Click Add Site

Enter your domain name

Click FREE plan

Click Quick Scan

Just hit continue

Copy your nameservers

Step 2 – Update Your Nameservers

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

Click on your domain name

Click on NAMESERVERS

Copy & Paste CloudFlare Nameservers

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

Create Token

Click the first one

Enable All Zones

Copy API Token

Click on Integrations

Click on CloudFlare

Click Add

Paste your API key here

Should look like this now

Step 5 – Wait for Activation

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

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.