Cloudflare as Secondary
With incoming zone transfers, you can keep your primary DNS provider and use Cloudflare as a secondary DNS provider.
When you make edits in your primary DNS provider, those DNS records will be transferred from your primary DNS provider to Cloudflare via zone transfer using AXFR ↗ or IXFR ↗.
flowchart LR accTitle: Cloudflare as Secondary DNS A((Zone Admin)) --DNS record <br /> management--> B[Primary DNS <br /> provider] B --Zone transfer--> C[Cloudflare <br /> DNS] B & C <--DNS lookups--> D[Resolver] <--DNS lookups--> E((User))
- Set up incoming zone transfers
- Proxy traffic through Cloudflare with Secondary DNS Override
Secondary DNS is only available to Enterprise customers. For more details on activation and pricing, contact your account team.
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